TAK Mobile and Desktop Apps
iOS
Supported on iOS 16.0 or later.
iTAK
Android
Supported on Android 5 or later.
ATAK
Windows
Supported on Windows 10/11 64-bit.
WinTAK
Linux
Supported on Ubuntu 18.04, Fedora 26, Debian 10, RHEL/CentOS 8
TAKX
VR
Supported on most VR Headsets
VR-TAK
Launching your own TAK Server?
TAK Announcements
COTAK Direct-to-Satellite Demo (ATAK)
April 02, 2026 — The Colorado Team Awareness Kit (COTAK) program has successfully demonstrated emerging satellite direct-to-cellular (D2C) technology integrated with the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK). This breakthrough provides public safety agencies with an effective method to maintain vital situational awareness in regions where traditional cellular service is unavailable.
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Aeon tests low-cost alternative to Javelin missile
https://defence-blog.com/aeon-tests-low-cost-alternative-to-javelin-missile/
April 01, 2026 — Aeon highlighted several features of the system, including the ability to swap payloads without tools, allowing operators to adapt the munition to different targets or mission requirements. The company also said the system is ATAK-enabled, meaning it can integrate with the Android Tactical Assault Kit, a battlefield software platform used for command and control and targeting across multiple systems. Zeus uses software-enabled precision guidance and can be launched not only from the shoulder but also from vehicles, drones, and other manned or autonomous platforms. That flexibility suggests a design intended to extend beyond traditional infantry use into networked and multi-domain operations.
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The US tested Rampage surface drones by launching Skelmir torpedo-type drones
https://militarnyi.com/uk/news/u-ssha-protestuvaly-nadvodni-drony-rampage-zapuskom-droniv-torpednogo-typu-skelmir/
March 18, 2026 — Havoc announced that it had joined forces with Lockheed Martin and Vatn Systems to develop effective maritime unmanned systems. The tests used three Rampage surface drones from Havoc, integrated with a Lockheed Martin user interface and Skelmir S6 underwater unmanned systems from Vatn Systems.
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Logistics Marines Support Infantry During Arctic Exercise in Finland
https://www.dvidshub.net/image/9574106/core-26-new-era-partnership-logistics-marines-support-infantry-during-arctic-exercise-finland
March 14, 2026 — U.S. Marine Sgt. Lucas Brown, right, a transmissions systems operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group and Sgt. Andrew McNabb, an infantry rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, coordinate together on Android Tactical Assault Kits in Kamijarvi, Finland, March 14, 2026. During exercise Cold Response 26, CLB 6 provided combat service support to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd MARDIV, via logistical resupplies and motorized heavy weapon support.
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TAK 5.6 Feature Release
Explore the Latest in TAK 5.6: A Live Discussion on New Features
2025 TAK Offsite
This hybrid event, hosted by the TAK Configuration Steering Board (CSB), consists of briefs and demos from the TAK Community across program offices, services, federal agencies, labs, and users.
TAK 5.5 Feature Release
Explore the Latest in TAK 5.5: A Live Discussion on New Features
TAK 5.4 Feature Release
Explore the Latest in TAK 5.4: A Live Discussion on New Features
Operational Success Starts with TAK
Complete Situational Awareness
Maps and situational awareness (SA) are critical to coordinated tasks in many contexts, including kinetic military action, law enforcement, civil protection, and disaster relief. TAK has the ability to display a wide variety of map data, either stored or downloaded in real-time. TAK is the USG's premier tool for shared SA data and has the largest selection of features designed to facilitate real-time coordination between team members through the use of mission specific plugins.
Pre-Mission Planning
In addition to the standard mission execution planning tools, mission specific capabilities give a user more insight into certain aspects of their assigned tasks. Navigation tools, including viewshed analysis, help users select and traverse a pre-planned route buy displaying the elevation profile of the route along with speed, distance, and bearing to the next waypoint.
Pre-mission planning is essential to enabling safe, effective, and rapid deployment of resources. TAK enables effective planning by providing a common understanding of exposure and vulnerabilities based on real time updates of any rapidly developing environment.
Streamlined Deployment
Points, routes, drawing objects, and files can be shared through TAK user defined groups, teams or simply broadcasted. While most data sharing clients require a server, TAK’s CoT & chat sharing features can operate in a server-less environment amongst nodes operating on the same network. TAK Server can be introduced to extend client connectivity across networks or federated for persistent command and control.
From highest commander to the ground forces and attached air & sea assets, deploying with the TAK Common Operational Picture ensures safe, dynamic, and effective mission execution.
