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AFRL developed some TAK-based tools for finding missing people — from lost hikers to downed pilots. They’ve made the civilian components public — both as a web based tool (separate post) and here as an ATAK plugin. This YouTube video explains how to use the tool and includes a link to Google Drive for the APK (This will eventually go …
Search & Rescue Plugin Released More
SkyFi now provides direct integration to commercial high resolution satellite imagery through TAK. Technically they have been doing this for a while.
Current Satellite Imagery From Commercial Sources More
Here’s an ATAK Plugin development tutorial. (multiple parts) with video from Godfrey Nolan, of RIIS. See the web pages as well as the videos. Part I: Part II:
ATAK Plugin Development Tutorial More
UAS Tool, WASP Plugins are now available to the public.
UAS Tool Now Publicly Available More
the Plugin from the TAK Offsite that integrates with legacy radios to do basic communications in ATAK, variously called either “Hammer” or “ARIK” is now in the Play Store under the name “Hammer”. The plugin is open source, with the source of the Government’s GIT page. I anticipate that it will be resigned for subsequent versions of ATAK, though its …
Hammer Plugin in the Play Store More
The source code for the ATAK Plugin which allows the communication of points/positions to be transmitted over analog/voice radios. The code allows transmission either by holding the phone to the speaker. The code is liable to be useful as a guide post for how to write ATAK plugins, as well as for the off-grid TAK communication. The plugin is not …
ARIK/Hammer Open Source Posted More
The standard version of ATAK that’s distributed by the TAK Product Center (TPC) includes several plugins/integrated apps with the APK (and the whole thing is marked “Distribution A; Approved For Public Release; Distribution unlimited”. However, these plugins are not part of the Play Store distribution, because of policy limitations on Google’s part. Therefore, I’ve included them here for download. Note …
Download “Built-in” Plugins That aren’t in the Play Store – ICU, TAK GeoCam, Image Markup, Night Vision More
Here’s a post from AJ on the use of a Motorola APX Radio integrated with ATAK. Via LinkedIn.
Moto APX integrates w/ ATAK/CivTAK More
UAS Plugins now available to Registered TAKMAPS users.
CivTAK Plugins now available to ALL Gov Users MoreSOCOM’s SOFWERX hosted a Rapid Prototyping Event this month to build on the ATAK Platform as follows: Key technologies demonstrated levels of autonomy and mapping for land and air to include navigation and target identification, analytics in geospatial and intelligence, interoperability with ATAK, small sub surface vessels, and legged Unmanned Ground Vehicle robots that transit through diverse terrain. There were also …
SOCOM’s SOFWERX Hosts Hacking event More