IFF (Identification of Friendly or Foe) in the air:

So, how can you identify good drones, inconsequential drones, or even nefarious ones? In any operation—whether it’s concert security, disaster relief, or military missions—you must expand your team’s situational awareness to strengthen their overall view. The Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) is an essential first step in successful mission planning, relying on a phone or tablet to track and coordinate effectively. Since drones now play a central role in various operations, you can inform your team about friendly drones by using a small GPS tracker that’s detectable only within ATAK. Drones serve as valuable surveillance tools in the air and, therefore, provide strong situational awareness for quick response times. Consequently, you can use the ATOS to clearly identify friendly drones and reduce sky clutter.

To address this issue, the ATOS (Android Tactical Object Surveillance) flight tag offers a targeted solution. This compact device, about the size of a thumb, transmits GPS data via UHF radio band directly to friendly forces. With the ATAK (Android Tactical Awareness Kit) app, team members can view real-time locations of all friendly forces, allowing for faster and more accurate situational awareness and fire deconfliction.