How the Air Force Uses Andriod (& ATAK) to Wage War
ATAK is rare in that it’s a DoD program that has achieved wild success while mostly sticking to its original budget.
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CivTAK 3.13 Manual
The CivTAK Manual is here.
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CivTAK Has been Approved for Public Release
The Army has approved CivTAK for Public Release.
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What electronic warfare can learn from a wagon full of smartphones
As the military adopts tools like ATAK, planners and commanders should be aware of the possibility that additional, misleading information is pumped into the same system.
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Super Bowl – TAK, DHS, Counter-UAS
“ATAK is a good fit for a variety of situations where proactively detecting or quickly responding to threats means the difference between life and death. “
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The Air Force is using Uber-like technology to more efficiently vaporize bad guys
So what does Uber have to do with ABMS? Apparently, the two networks are not so different from one another, Goldfein said. Like ABMS, Uber provides users with a common operational picture, except it’s of cars and riders, not cruise missiles and attack drones.
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Are You Ready for Some [Drone] Football? (Controlled by ATAK)
Here’s another article on Robotic Research’s Pegasus III UAS controlled by ATAK, th time from Inside Unmanned Systems: The company’s goal was familiar to the UAS world—prevent injuries and save lives—but a growing emphasis on miniaturization came forward. “A ground robot has …
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Robotic Research Gets $16M to Integrate w/ ATAK
This article from Technical.ly, describes an order from the US Army to Robotic Research, which integrates ATAK with WarLoc, a non-GPS Geolocation solution. Through this deal the company is offering its tech, called WarLoc, to help better equip four deployed U.S. Army Brigade Combat …
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Corona Fire Department Enhances Situational Awareness with ATAK
“We have had a unique situation that we’re actually seeing more across the U.S., which is the desire to use mobile devices to enable better team communication in real time and ensure that applications that require robust processing have the ability to do that quickly and on the go,”
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California Fire Department Uses ATAK to Meet First Responder Challenges
From Financial News (UK) comes an article about a California Fire Department using ATAK on Samsung phones for first responders: Corona Fire Department in California is transforming how it delivers intelligence to its first responders with Samsung mobile devices, the company said. …
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