TAK_OS · TEAM AWARENESS ON-DEMAND

Team Awareness.

On-Demand.

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The military-grade situational awareness platform used by law enforcement, SAR teams, and defense — available for any team, any event, any mission. Activate from your dashboard. QR code connects everyone. Pay per day. No subscription. No infrastructure. Stand up when you need it. Stand down when you don't.

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1 QR Full Enrollment
$5 Per Operator / Day
0 Ongoing Fees
Used for Training Exercises · Public Safety Events · SAR Activations · Disaster Response · Multi-Agency Ops · Volunteer Deployments
WHY TAK

The military built TAK to solve exactly this problem.

Radios fragment by agency. Group texts have no location context. Paper maps can't update. The US military spent decades building a solution — a shared live map with encrypted comms, sensor data, and instant enrollment. TAK OS brings that capability to every team. On-Demand means no server to manage, no IT overhead, no annual contract. Spin up for the mission. Stand down when it's over.

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NO SERVER TO MANAGE · NO ANNUAL CONTRACT · FREE TO SIGN UP · FULL CAPABILITY FROM DAY ONE

01 PERSONNEL TRACKING

Everyone on the map.
In real time.

Radios tell you a location. TAK shows you one. Every operator, volunteer, and responder streaming their live GPS position to a shared map — updated every few seconds, visible to every leader with a screen. The difference between guessing where your team is and knowing.

01 Live position of every team member

ATAK or iTAK runs in the background on any smartphone and streams GPS to the TAK Server every few seconds. Every operator's icon appears on the shared map with their callsign, battery level, altitude, speed, and last-updated timestamp. Every leader with a screen sees the full picture in real time.

02 Draw sectors and push them to every device

Sketch a search sector, exclusion zone, or rally point in the browser. It appears on every connected ATAK device in seconds — precise, updated, impossible to mishear over a radio. Brief the team on the map instead of describing coordinates.

03 Tracker tags for gear, vehicles, and K9

ATOS tracker tags (SQUATCH, Lightbug) clip to vests, vehicles, or K9 harnesses and appear as distinct CoT contacts on the same map as your people. Track every asset that matters — not just the ones holding phones.

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OVERWATCH · COP LIVE · 6 EUDs
02 SECURE COMMUNICATIONS

One channel.
Every team.

Radio channels fragment by agency. Group texts have no location context and leave no audit trail. TAK gives every operator encrypted communications inside the same app showing them the live map — with every message anchored to the sender's GPS position.

01 Encrypted team chat, position-aware

Text, photos, voice notes, and files — scoped to teams or the full org. Every message carries the sender's live GPS pin. 'I'm at the north entrance' is a dot on the map, not an ambiguous description you have to relay three times.

02 Push mission updates to everyone at once

Change a boundary, add a waypoint, push a briefing document — Mission Sync delivers it to every connected device in seconds. No radio broadcast. No chain of relay. One save, and the whole team is looking at the same updated picture.

03 No additional apps, no separate channels

TAK chat is encrypted, team-scoped, and built into the same interface your operators use for navigation and tracking. No switching apps. No consumer messaging platform leaking sensitive comms. No channel conflicts with your radio net.

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TAK COMMS 3 TEAMS · ENCRYPTED
03 SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

Your team and
everything around them.

Personnel positions are only part of the picture. TAK OS layers aircraft traffic, weather systems, incident overlays, and sensor data onto the same map — so command sees every relevant factor at once, not just where their people are standing.

01 Live aircraft and airspace overhead

Every aircraft broadcasting ADS-B appears on the COP in real time — helicopters, medevac, news drones, military traffic. For SAR, air shows, or disaster response, knowing what's in the airspace is as critical as knowing where your ground teams are.

02 FEMA, NOAA, and incident overlays

Active weather warnings, FEMA incident layers, NIFC fire perimeters, and NOAA storm tracks push directly to the COP. The environmental threat on the same map as your people — not in a separate app nobody remembers to check.

03 Geofences with automatic alerts

Draw a perimeter and set an entry or exit alert. Command is notified automatically when any operator crosses a boundary — no manual monitoring, no radio call required. Stage-start barriers, exclusion zones, or rally points that enforce themselves.

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TAK FEEDS 8 SOURCES · LIVE
04 INSTANT ENROLLMENT

Scan once.
On the map.

Getting 50 people configured and connected before the mission window closes is the hardest part of any deployment. TAK OS On-Demand solves it with a single QR code that delivers the server address, certificates, and team configuration in one scan.

01 One QR delivers everything

Server address, port, protocol, and a signed client certificate — all in a single QR code. Operators scan with ATAK or iTAK and the app configures itself and connects. No IP addresses to type. No certificates to import manually. No help desk call.

02 Any TAK client, any device, no accounts

ATAK on Android, iTAK on iOS, WinTAK on Windows. Personal phones and agency-issued devices. Operators don't need TAK OS accounts. They don't need to know anything about TAK Server configuration. Scan — connected.

03 50 people enrolled before the briefing ends

Display the QR on the projector at your ops brief. The whole team scans as they check in. Every device appears on the COP within seconds of scanning. By the time you finish talking, everyone is on the map.

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QR ENROLLMENT 1 QR · 60s
WHO IT'S FOR

Any team.
Any mission.

Team Awareness On-Demand isn't built for one type of operation. It's built for any team that needs a shared live picture, can't justify an annual subscription, and doesn't have time to set up infrastructure.

01 · TRAINING & EXERCISES

Joint exercises and field certification

Real ops conditions for the training day — every trainee tracked live, sectors drawn and pushed to every device, comms encrypted and scoped to teams. Commanders see the full picture from a browser without being on the ground. When the exercise ends, the instance decommissions. The after-action data stays. The monthly fee doesn't.

OverwatchQR EnrollmentMission SyncWARDENLive Debrief
MISSION · 01 TRAINING & EXERCISES

02 · PUBLIC SAFETY EVENTS

Marathons, air shows, and large gatherings

200 staff across 8 checkpoints. Medical teams, security, and command — all on one map. A medical call with a precise GPS pin reaches the right responder 60 seconds faster than a radio description. No server to provision before the start line. No lingering subscription when the crowds go home.

OverwatchLive PositionSecure ChatGeofencesExternal Share Links
MISSION · 02 PUBLIC SAFETY EVENTS

03 · VOLUNTEER OPS

Search & rescue activations

The call comes in. You don't have time to provision infrastructure. Activate on-demand from any device with cell service, share the QR with incoming mutual aid teams, and have a live common operating picture before the first sector is assigned. Every searcher tracked. Every K9 tagged. Every sector drawn and pushed.

OverwatchQR EnrollmentMission SyncHAIL BiometricsATOS Tags
MISSION · 03 VOLUNTEER OPS

04 · EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Disaster response and mutual aid

Incoming mutual aid teams from 12 agencies don't have pre-existing accounts on your server. They don't need them. Activate a 100-connection instance, share one QR, and every agency joins the shared operating picture with their own ATAK clients. One map. Every unit. No IT lead required.

OverwatchFederationQR EnrollmentFEMA OverlaysNOAA Weather
MISSION · 04 EMERGENCY RESPONSE
HOW IT WORKS

From sign-up to
the full picture.

Five steps. Under ten minutes. No IT department, no provisioning queue, no waiting for a help desk ticket. Just the operational picture — live.

Time to COP T+0 → under 10 minutes
01
SIGN UP T+0 / 60 SECONDS

Create your workspace

Sign up at live.gotak.dev — free, no credit card. Your TAK OS workspace and dashboard are provisioned immediately. No waiting for an account approval email.

You get Free workspace · dashboard access · org admin console

02
CONFIGURE T+1 MIN / YOUR DASHBOARD

Pick your connections and duration

Choose how many operators need to be on the map — 10, 50, 100, or unlimited — and how many days you need. See the cost before you commit. Pay only when you activate.

You get Cost preview · event configuration · instant activation ready

03
ACTIVATE T+2 MIN / ONE CLICK

Go live

One click. A dedicated TAK Server is provisioned, your QR enrollment code is generated, and the common operating picture opens in your browser. Everything ready before you finish your coffee.

You get Live TAK Server · QR enrollment code · open COP

04
ENROLL T+10 MIN / OPS BRIEF

Connect your team

Display the QR at your ops brief or share it in a message. Every operator scans with ATAK or iTAK — server address, cert, and team config load automatically. Each device appears on the map within seconds of scanning.

You get Full team on the COP · encrypted comms active · feeds live

05
OPERATE T+EVENT DURATION

Run your mission

Real-time personnel tracking. Encrypted team communications. Sensor feeds and incident overlays. Command visibility from any browser. The full TAK OS platform, running your operation, for exactly as long as you need it.

You get Full situational awareness · zero ongoing fees after the event

No infrastructure to manage. Stand up for the mission. Stand down when it's over.

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THE DIFFERENCE

What you're using now vs
what TAK gives you.

Most teams operate with radios, group texts, and paper maps — tools that haven't fundamentally changed in decades. TAK OS replaces the entire stack with a live, encrypted, map-centric operations platform that activates in under a minute and costs nothing between events.

Personnel location
CONVENTIONAL TOOLS Radio check-ins. 'Unit 4 is somewhere near the north gate.' Last known position only.
TEAM AWARENESS ON-DEMAND Live GPS position of every operator on one map. Updated every few seconds. Battery and altitude included.
Communications
CONVENTIONAL TOOLS Radio nets fragment by agency. Group texts leave no audit trail and carry no location context.
TEAM AWARENESS ON-DEMAND Encrypted team chat inside ATAK. Every message carries the sender's live GPS position. Scoped to teams or the full org.
Sector and zone briefing
CONVENTIONAL TOOLS Verbal coordinates over radio or a paper map handed out at the brief. Hope nobody mishears.
TEAM AWARENESS ON-DEMAND Draw zones in the browser. Appear on every connected device in seconds. Precise, updated, and impossible to mishear.
Medical response
CONVENTIONAL TOOLS 'Medical at the north gate' — ambiguous location, delayed response, no patient data until physical contact.
TEAM AWARENESS ON-DEMAND Precise GPS coordinates transmitted instantly. HAIL biometric data available to medical staff in real time.
New arrival on scene
CONVENTIONAL TOOLS Radio briefing, paper map hand-off, manual server configuration — 10 to 30 minutes if nothing goes wrong.
TEAM AWARENESS ON-DEMAND Scan the QR. On the map, fully configured, all data synced, in under 60 seconds.
Command visibility
CONVENTIONAL TOOLS ICS command staff dependent on radio traffic. No shared visual picture without a dedicated monitoring post.
TEAM AWARENESS ON-DEMAND Tokenized share link opens the live COP in any browser — desktop or phone. No ATAK required.
Multi-agency coordination
CONVENTIONAL TOOLS Separate radio nets per agency. No shared picture. Coordination requires dedicated liaison officers.
TEAM AWARENESS ON-DEMAND Every agency scans the same QR and joins the shared map. One picture. Every unit. No pre-enrollment.
Setup time
CONVENTIONAL TOOLS Server provisioning, certificate management, IT team coordination — 24 to 72 hours minimum.
TEAM AWARENESS ON-DEMAND Under one minute. Activate from your dashboard. TAK Server live, QR code ready, COP open.
Ongoing cost
CONVENTIONAL TOOLS Annual MDM license, TAK Server hosting, IT contractor time — costs accumulate whether you're operating or not.
TEAM AWARENESS ON-DEMAND Pay per day. Zero fees between events. 10 connections from $50/day. No annual contract.
CAPABILITY CONVENTIONAL TOOLS TEAM AWARENESS ON-DEMAND
Personnel location Radio check-ins. 'Unit 4 is somewhere near the north gate.' Last known position only. Live GPS position of every operator on one map. Updated every few seconds. Battery and altitude included.
Communications Radio nets fragment by agency. Group texts leave no audit trail and carry no location context. Encrypted team chat inside ATAK. Every message carries the sender's live GPS position. Scoped to teams or the full org.
Sector and zone briefing Verbal coordinates over radio or a paper map handed out at the brief. Hope nobody mishears. Draw zones in the browser. Appear on every connected device in seconds. Precise, updated, and impossible to mishear.
Medical response 'Medical at the north gate' — ambiguous location, delayed response, no patient data until physical contact. Precise GPS coordinates transmitted instantly. HAIL biometric data available to medical staff in real time.
New arrival on scene Radio briefing, paper map hand-off, manual server configuration — 10 to 30 minutes if nothing goes wrong. Scan the QR. On the map, fully configured, all data synced, in under 60 seconds.
Command visibility ICS command staff dependent on radio traffic. No shared visual picture without a dedicated monitoring post. Tokenized share link opens the live COP in any browser — desktop or phone. No ATAK required.
Multi-agency coordination Separate radio nets per agency. No shared picture. Coordination requires dedicated liaison officers. Every agency scans the same QR and joins the shared map. One picture. Every unit. No pre-enrollment.
Setup time Server provisioning, certificate management, IT team coordination — 24 to 72 hours minimum. Under one minute. Activate from your dashboard. TAK Server live, QR code ready, COP open.
Ongoing cost Annual MDM license, TAK Server hosting, IT contractor time — costs accumulate whether you're operating or not. Pay per day. Zero fees between events. 10 connections from $50/day. No annual contract.

The full military-grade platform. Pay per day. Zero fees between events.

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FULL PLATFORM · EVERY ACTIVATION

Everything included.
Not a lite version.

On-demand activations run the full TAK OS Team plan feature set. Every capability below is active from the moment you go live — no add-ons, no tier restrictions, no feature gates. The same platform used by law enforcement, SAR, and defense teams worldwide.

08 · BUILT-IN CAPABILITIES
OVERWATCH INCLUDED

Live common operating picture

Every operator, vehicle, and tracker tag on one real-time map — positions updated every few seconds. Battery, altitude, and speed visible for every contact. Works with ATAK, iTAK, WinTAK, and any GPS tracker or CoT device.

ATAK · iTAK · WinTAK · GPS TRACKERS
QR ENROLLMENT INCLUDED

60-second full enrollment

One QR code delivers the TAK Server address, port, and signed client certificate to any TAK client. Operators scan and the app configures itself. No accounts required. No manual configuration. 50 people enrolled in under 10 minutes.

ANY TAK CLIENT · NO ACCOUNTS · 60 SECONDS
SECURE CHAT INCLUDED

Encrypted team communications

Encrypted team and individual chat within ATAK — text, photos, files, and waypoints. Every message carries the sender's live GPS position. Scoped to teams or the full org. No third-party app. No channel conflicts.

ENCRYPTED · POSITION-AWARE · MULTI-TEAM
MISSION SYNC INCLUDED

Push updates to everyone instantly

Sectors, overlays, waypoints, reference documents, and photos — synced in real time to every connected device. Brief the team on the map. Tokenized share links bring command into the COP without ATAK installed.

OVERLAYS · WAYPOINTS · SHARE LINKS
TAK FEEDS INCLUDED

Sensors on the COP

ADS-B aircraft, FEMA incident layers, NOAA weather warnings, NIFC fire perimeters, maritime AIS, GPS jam heatmaps, and APRS radio traffic — converted to live CoT and pushed to your TAK Server. No separate apps.

ADS-B · AIS · FEMA · NOAA · NIFC · APRS
GEOFENCES INCLUDED

Perimeters and automatic alerts

Draw exclusion zones, rally points, and operational boundaries on the COP. Set entry or exit alerts so command is notified automatically when any operator crosses a boundary. Enforces itself.

DRAW · ALERT · NOTIFY
HAIL INCLUDED

Biometric force health monitoring

Heart rate, SpO2, temperature, and medical events from Garmin and Samsung wearables — streamed into the Health dashboard. Medical events auto-escalate to 15-second refresh intervals. Casualty awareness as it happens.

GARMIN · SAMSUNG · 15-SEC ESCALATION
WARDEN MDM INCLUDED

Device management for event hardware

Issue Android devices to volunteers or temporary staff and manage them for the event. QR-based Device Owner enrollment, silent app install, policy push, and remote wipe when it ends. No separate MDM license.

DEVICE OWNER · SILENT INSTALL · REMOTE WIPE

One activation. Every capability. Zero ongoing fees.

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PRICING

Pay per day.
Zero fees between events.

Activate on-demand for the duration you need — no subscription, no ongoing fees. For teams that operate regularly, subscription plans deliver always-on access at a fraction of the per-day rate.

PLANS · HOSTED SERVICE

Operate regularly? Subscribe.

If your team activates more than a few times per month, a subscription costs significantly less per day — and gives you always-on access with no per-activation fee. Every plan includes the full platform.

Billing
Starter

For individuals and small teams

$29 /mo
$300 /yr · billed annually
  • 2 TAK_OS Server seats
  • 1 AOI + Data Feeds
  • Full platform access
  • Community support
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MOST POPULAR Team

Full platform for growing teams

$99 /mo
$1,000 /yr · billed annually
  • 5 TAK_OS Server seats
  • 3 AOIs + Data Feeds
  • 5 Video feeds
  • 7-day free trial
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Core

For organizations scaling ops

$200 /mo
$2,000 /yr · billed annually
  • 10 TAK_OS Server seats
  • 5 AOIs + Data Feeds
  • 25 Video feeds
  • Priority support
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Enterprise

Statewide, large agencies, multi-region

$500+ /mo · 50–500+ connections
$5,000+ /yr · billed annually · 50–500+ connections
  • 50–500+ TAK_OS Server seats
  • Unlimited AOIs + Data Feeds
  • 100–200 Video feeds
  • Priority + phone support
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Hosted service. For on-premise, air-gapped, or government deployments, contact us.

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ON-DEMAND · TEAM AWARENESS

Pay per day. No subscription.

Spin up for the event, stand down when it's over. Pick your connection count and duration — activate from your dashboard the moment you sign up.

Free to sign up · pay only when you activate
Connections 50
Duration 3 days
Seats 5 TAK_OS Server seats AOIs 3 AOIs + Data feeds Term 3 days · No recurring commitment
Total $297 USD
Billed once · No subscription Go Live
GOVERNMENT · DEFENSE · ENTERPRISE

Mission requirements, met directly.

Purpose-built deployments for law enforcement, defense, and government agencies. We work directly with your team to architect solutions that meet your operational and compliance requirements.

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INFRASTRUCTURE Unlimited Seats · Unlimited AOIs · On-Premise Failover · Mobile Device Management
SECURITY & AUTH SSO Auth Integration · Active Directory · LDAP
INTEGRATIONS ArcGIS Integration · CAD Integration · Extended Capabilities · Custom Integration Program
SUPPORT 24/7 Priority Support · Intelligence & Reports
FAQ

Common questions,
directly answered.

What teams ask before going live. If yours isn't here, contact us — real answer in under 24 hours.

08 · QUESTIONS

TAK (Team Awareness Kit) is the situational awareness platform originally developed for the U.S. military and now used across law enforcement, fire, EMS, search and rescue, and public safety worldwide. It gives every operator a live map showing where every team member is — in real time — with encrypted communications, shared overlays, and sensor data layered on top.

The problem it solves: radio channels fragment by agency, group texts have no live location data, and paper maps can't update in real time. TAK replaces all three with a single app that shows you where everyone is, lets you communicate in context, and lets command push operational updates to every device at once.

Team Awareness On-Demand makes the full TAK OS platform available for any event — no server to manage, no annual contract, activated in under a minute from your dashboard.

ATAK (Android) or iTAK (iOS) — both are free downloads. Operators don't need TAK OS accounts. They scan the QR code you generate from your dashboard and the app connects automatically. No IP addresses, no manual cert imports, no configuration steps.

ATAK is available on Google Play and the TAK.gov app store. iTAK is on the Apple App Store. Installation takes about 5 minutes. Enrollment after that is a single QR scan.

No. On-demand is pay-per-day with no minimum contract, no auto-renewal, and no cancellation penalty. You activate for the days you need, pay for those days, and that's it. Zero fees between events.

If your team operates regularly, a subscription plan gives you always-on access at a significantly lower per-day rate — but it's never required.

Under 10 minutes from dashboard activation to full team enrolled. The TAK Server is provisioned and the QR enrollment code is ready in under a minute. Display the QR at your ops brief — operators scan as they check in and appear on the COP within seconds. By the time your briefing ends, everyone is on the map.

No. On-demand activations run the full TAK OS Team plan feature set — the same platform used by law enforcement, SAR teams, and defense contractors:

  • Live common operating picture (Overwatch)
  • QR enrollment — one scan connects any ATAK, iTAK, or WinTAK client
  • Encrypted team chat with position-aware messaging
  • Mission Sync — push overlays, sectors, waypoints to the entire team
  • TAK Feeds — ADS-B, AIS, FEMA overlays, NOAA weather, fire perimeters
  • Geofences with automatic entry/exit alerts
  • HAIL biometric monitoring (Garmin / Samsung)
  • WARDEN MDM for issued Android devices
  • Share links for command staff without ATAK

At the end of your on-demand window, the TAK Server instance is decommissioned. Active connections drop and the COP closes. Enrolled devices retain their ATAK configuration but lose server connectivity.

Export mission data and overlays before decommission if you need them for after-action review. If you need to extend, activate additional days from your dashboard before the session expires.

Yes — that's one of the core use cases. Share the enrollment QR code and any operator with ATAK or iTAK installed can join the shared operating picture. They don't need TAK OS accounts. They don't need to be pre-enrolled. Scan — connected. Works for 5 incoming units or 500.

Yes. Activate a new on-demand instance before each event from the same dashboard. Team configurations and enrollment QR codes carry over between sessions — you're not starting from scratch each time.

If you run regular training or recurring deployments more than a few times per month, a subscription plan becomes more cost-effective. The Starter plan at $29/month covers ongoing low-volume use; the Team plan at $99/month covers most active organizations.

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Spin up.
Run the mission.

Everyone on the map. Encrypted comms. Sensor feeds live. QR enrollment in under a minute. The full military-grade team awareness platform — activated from your dashboard, billed by the day, zero fees when the mission ends. No server to manage. No annual contract. No IT department needed.

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Used for TRAINING EXERCISES · PUBLIC SAFETY EVENTS · SAR ACTIVATIONS · DISASTER RESPONSE · MULTI-AGENCY COORDINATION