The Future of Firefighting Includes ATAK
One of the newest tools breaking its way into the firefighting scene is the Android Team Awareness Kit developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory
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Mobile Tech For First Responders
This article from American Security Today covers the needs of First Responders for current Situational Awareness and collaboration. It touches on several events last year that either ATAK helped at or would have helped if it were used. It also touches on the use of ATAK by DHS and how TAK is transferred to private companies. There are a total …
MoreWildfire Today Covers CO use of TAK
Wildfire Today has a short article on the Colorado division of Fire Prevention and Control’s evaluation of ATAK, here. To me, the best part of this is that its filed under “Colorado, Holy Grail”. The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control is working on a system that could assist wildland firefighters on the ground by reporting their location as well …
MoreATAK to control DJI Drones
This article from SUAS News is nominally about the Army’s decision to ban use of DJI drones in the Army, and their subsequent walking back of that decision. However, it also says, “The Android Tactical Assault Kit will become the ground control station (GCS) of choice when a DJI plugin has passed OPSEC (Operational Security) scrutiny.”
MoreInside the FBI’s Inauguration Ops Center
Here’s a great video of how the FBI managed the security for the 2017 inauguration. This was the Federal Government’s Command and Operations center, “nerve center” on inauguration day.
MoreCO News Report: ATAK is the “Holy Grail” of Wildland Firefighting
Here’s a news report from 4 CBS Denver covering the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control’s use of ATAK and Persistent Systems radios (also a Licensee — they ship many of their radios with ATAK). For ATAK fans, the best part of this was when David Tally refers to ATAK as “The Holy Grail of firefighting” according to David …
MoreNational Guard Civil Support Teams Adopt ATAK
The National Guard’s Civil Support Teams have adopted ATAK for use in their missions, which according to Wikipedia is approximately counter WMD. The article discusses their need to collaborate with organizations across the civil government, including the FBI, Border Patrol (DHS) and many other agencies. Here’s what the article said: The team also tested their communications vigorously, using the Mobile …
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