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In September 2017, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF) had one chart on technology — it covered ATAK’s use by multiple agencies Huricanes Harvey and Irma. ATAK was also used extensively in the aftermath of hurricane Maria, but its not covered in this video.
Air Force Chief of Staff Promotes ATAK at Air Force Association Keynote MoreJorge Prodomo, of GoTenna, gave a brief of the compelling case for GoTenna products at the 2017 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC), where he included a discussion of GoTenna’s ATAK integration. Here’s the link to the ATAK discussion. The whole video is below. At about the 9 minute point he also talks about using TAKServer to bridge GoTenna with …
GoTenna SOFIC Brief-Fully ATAK Integrated MoreHere’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.
Inside the FBI’s Inauguration Ops Center MoreThe Stanford H4D program leveraged ATAK last summer. Here’s a long form article titled “I SAW THE FUTURE OF DEFENSE IN CALIFORNIA, AND IT’S COMING TO A UNIVERSITY NEAR YOU” from War on The Rocks.com. One of the big insights from the video was that the last thing the user needs is yet another system. They list users as SOCOM, …
Stanford H4D Report, Video MoreHere’s a story and video about DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program, including a video. From the article,
ATAK PCAS Test Video MoreHere’s an absolutely ancient video on route creation, editing and navigation. There have been several features added to this, but its a good start on familiarization.
Routes and Route Navigation MoreHere’s a video that shows basic drawing tools in ATAK 2.0. They are completely exportable to KML.
Drawing Tools in ATAK 2.0 MoreHere’s a video on how to save maps for off-line use. This is great when you want fast, detailed imagery for an area you are going to. The resulting map display is much faster, even if you have Wi-Fi access when doing the imagery, its awesome when you have cellphone-only service, and indespensible if you have neither. This works for …
Saving Off-Line Maps in ATAK More