Don’t mistake this for a simple tech upgrade; this is NATO reimagining its entire digital backbone to thrive in a hyper-connected, cloud-powered operational environment. Breaking Barriers, Building Resilience

Dismounted soldiers will now have an enhanced battlefield management and situational awareness capabilities when using an Android smartphone geospatial infrastructure and military situation awareness app.

Field commanders want even less gear to tend, but two divisions are showing how things are improving. Service leaders have been working to make that web more reliable, secure, and capable. Radio mesh networks, which are foundational to ITN, are good for calls or texts, and sending location data from Android Tactical Assault Kit, or ATAK. Satellite networks can handle large amounts of data, like a drone’s video feed, and are often used when a military unit is not in range of a cell tower. But threading it all together is tricky, so

COTAK is an app that relays responders' location to managers and team leaders in an emergency situation, whether it’s a highway accident or a wildfire. The app effectively shows first responders' location in a map in real time.

This hybrid event, hosted by the TAK Configuration Steering Board (CSB), consisted of over 90 briefs and demos from the TAK Community across program offices, services, federal agencies, labs, and users.

Connecticut-based Primordial Labs has developed a voice-based interface for small UAVs. A soldier simply speaks into a radio and tells the drone what to do...

NRL highlighted that the LittoralLens’ point-and-shoot functionality is powered by a patented tracking velocimetry algorithm that is integrated with specialized hardware to sustain image processing in austere coastal environments. Information gathered is then consolidated with other measurements collected by multiple sensors and unmanned aerial systems on the user’s Android Tactical Assault Kit handheld display and observation dashboard for on-site readings, future techniques, and training purposes.

Navy Divers, assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, perform a communications check with an ATAK communication system in preparation for a battle damage repair (BDR) exercise aboard a vessel of opportunity during Large-Scale Exercise (LSE 2021).

Defence chiefs believe new technology such as ATAK app can increase power of each soldier several times over