About this event
SPTF is proud to partner with goTenna and offer training courses. This training course is taught by former Special Operations Forces subject matter experts with decades of real-world experience, training, and certifications. Each course can be customized to fit customer needs.
WHAT IS TAK?
The Team Awareness Kit (TAK) is a cost-effective, government off-the-shelf (GOTS) solution that enables tactical data to be generated, visualized, and shared, facilitating communication across multiple users to achieve shared tactical awareness. Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (FSLTT) government agencies deploy geospatial information system (GIS)-based applications like TAK to support the complex communication and coordination needs of a multi-jurisdictional incident response, special events, and everyday law enforcement and fire operational needs.
TAK allows disparate organizations to effectively communicate and maintain shared tactical awareness when a disaster response or special event brings together organizations that do not communicate daily and need a quick and easy way to be able to do so.
TAK 101
What It Is: Comprehensive end-user focused training delivery for law enforcement, fire, military, intelligence, and other first responders to use TAK in connected and disconnected environments. This course provides the student with the basic knowledge and skills needed to immediately utilize TAK and goTenna capabilities in their home agency’s operations. Course objectives include:
- TAK Architecture Overview – Understand the TAK infrastructure, to include overviews of Android TAK (ATAK), iOS TAK (iTAK), Windows TAK (WinTAK), and the goTenna Pro App (compatible with TAK).
- TAK Feature Training – Gain proficiency in all of TAK’s numerous features, including Team Emergency Beacons, Find Me, Coordinate Locator, Bloodhound, Point Dropper, Geofencing, the TAK symbol suite, chat, route planning tools, and several other features.
- Navigating the TAK Applications – Understand how to utilize encryption, change callsigns, conduct roster checks, establish network connections, and download and utilize online and offline maps.
- Create and Maintain Off-Grid Mesh Networks - Receive fundamental training on how to use TAK and the goTenna ProX2 Mesh Radio, join a goTenna mesh network, and share frequencies. Understand how to set up a mesh network in urban, suburban, and rural areas, in connected and disconnected environments.
- Understand and Operate in Connected/Disconnected Environments – Indoor and outdoor training using TAK, moving in and out of connected and disconnected environments.
- Classroom Time, Outdoor Experience – Training includes classroom time to prep the end-user for outdoor, hands-on training, building towards a practical exercise.
Course Length: 16 hours
Prerequisite: None.
Event requirements
No preregistration requirements necessary.