IFF (Identification of Friendly or Foe) on the Ground Identifying friendly forces isn’t limited to the skies—it’s just as critical on the ground. Mission commanders increasingly rely on the tools at their disposal to gain real-time situational awareness. For example, Tough Stump recently helped an organization integrate the ATAK system and the ATOS GPS tracking […]
IFF (Identification of Friendly or Foe) on the Ground Identifying friendly forces isn’t limited to the skies—it’s just as critical on the ground. Mission commanders increasingly rely on the tools at their disposal to gain real-time situational awareness. For example, Tough Stump recently helped an organization integrate the ATAK system and the ATOS GPS tracking […]
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Enhancing Team Readiness with TAK U In today’s tech-driven operational landscape, equipping teams with the right skills is essential to success and enhancing your team’s readiness. The Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) serves as a powerful tool to enhance situational awareness and coordination across various missions. However, to fully unlock its potential, targeted training becomes […]
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 […]
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In the ever-evolving world of tactical technology, having the right training can truly make all the difference. That’s why, at TAK U, we provide an unparalleled learning experience designed to equip you with the skills necessary to excel in the field. Here’s a closer look at why choosing TAK U for expert tactical training is […]
IFF (Identification of Friendly or Foe): In the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, 49 of the 280 Israeli Defense Forces casualties, as of May 2024, resulted from friendly fire or misidentification. Modern warfare often creates chaotic ground situations, making it challenging to accurately identify friendly forces amid the “fog of war.” Airstrikes, tank shelling, artillery, gunfire, and […]
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ATOS and Air to Ground Operations: The Android Tactical Object Surveillance GPS Tracking tag has a limitless list of use cases. One of the first successes is the use to track parachutist and parachute bundles. This hones in on all the safety orientated applications that ATAK allows but without the End User Device. Air to […]
ATOS to enable USAR: A natural disaster can cripple a community. The response to providing relief is welcome and can be chaotic. There are multiple organizations, companies and individuals coming together to help. Managing situational awareness, location and safety can be a struggle. This is the type of mission that ATAK or Android Team Awareness […]
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Saving Lives with ATOS Knowing where your team is while on mission is vital. Technology is there to assist and ignoring advances in PLI, position location information, can be dangerous. One of the most dangerous situations in the world of wildland firefighting is dropping fire retardant to suppress out of control fires. In 2018 a […]
How ATOS Works: Android Tactical Object Surveillance or ATOS is a unique system that’s architecturally unmatched by another GPS tagging system. Here’s a pictogram to help explain how ATOS works : At the left hand side of the pictogram are the ATOS tags, both ATOS 1 and ATOS Flight. The tags receive GPS signal […]
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The Two Variants of ATOS There are two variants of ATOS (or Android Tactical Object Surveillance), ATOS and ATOS Flight. Both of the variants use the Android Team Awareness Kit or ATAK as the backbone for the system and they both have two hardware components that run on the same software. The hardware is the […]
