Innovation competitions like xTechCounter Strike are designed to separate ideas from deployable capability. Winning requires more than a good sensor—it requires integration, interoperability, and operational relevance at scale.
We’re proud to highlight the recent xTechCounter Strike win by Mountain Horse Solutions, in partnership with Argus Industries and S3Werx, as a clear example of how GoTAK’s ATAK plugin development and sensor fusion expertise helps our industry partners compete, differentiate, and win.
Turning Sensors into Systems
At the core of this success was Argus Industrial’s cUAS sensing technology, combined with GoTAK’s work on the Sugar Cube V and its dedicated ATAK plugin.
Rather than remaining a standalone detector, the Sugar Cube V was transformed into a fully networked cUAS node—native to ATAK and designed to operate as part of a larger, distributed system.
By integrating directly with ATAK End User Devices (EUDs), the solution enabled:
- Real-time drone detection at the edge
- Shared situational awareness across teams and echelons
- Multi-node correlation instead of isolated alerts
- Rapid deployment without bespoke infrastructure
This shift—from isolated sensor to networked capability—is often the difference between a promising prototype and a competition-winning solution.
ATAK as the Force Multiplier
GoTAK’s role focused on what we do best: deep ATAK integration, plugin development, and sensor fusion.
By leveraging ATAK as the common operating layer, the Sugar Cube V became more than hardware—it became part of a living operational picture. Data could move over multiple transport paths (cellular, mesh, SATCOM, radio relay), persist beyond the moment of detection, and support:
- Historical analysis and replay
- Pattern-of-life development
- Machine learning and algorithm refinement
- Scalable multi-sensor fusion
This is how situational awareness extends beyond the edge, not just in space, but in time.
Winning Through Interoperability
The award underscores a broader truth in today’s defense and public safety landscape: open systems and interoperability win.
GoTAK’s approach enables partners like Argus to plug their sensors into an ecosystem already used by military, law enforcement, and public safety teams—without reinventing command-and-control, visualization, or networking layers.
That means:
- Faster integration timelines
- Lower program risk
- Immediate operational relevance
- Stronger differentiation in competitive evaluations
Empowering Our Partners to Win
This win is not just a milestone for Mountain Horse Solutions, Argus Industries, and S3Werx—it’s validation of a model. When innovative sensing technologies are paired with robust ATAK-native integration, they become harder to ignore, easier to deploy, and more compelling to evaluators.
At GoTAK, our mission is simple: help our partners dominate by turning great technology into mission-ready systems.
From ATAK plugins to sensor fusion to networked edge architectures, we’re proud to stand behind the teams pushing the ecosystem forward—and even prouder when that work results in real-world wins.
If you’re building a sensor, platform, or capability and want it to compete at the highest level, we’re ready to help you get there.