TAK Aware
Situational Awareness for TAK
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
TAK Aware is a lightweight Team Awareness Kit (also known as the Tactical Assault Kit in the Department of Defense) application designed to enable easy integrations into existing training and operational workflows while still providing the level of situational awareness and interaction you expect from TAK. The application is designed from the ground-up in iOS and connects to your favorite TAK servers with either Data Packages or Certificate Enrollment, and supports Data Packages, DataSync, Channels, Certificate Enrollment and more!
more New Features:
- NEW INTEGRATION: Ditto Integration
- FOV Cones now supported when the marker includes a sensor node
- “Invisible Mode” / Setting Manual Location
- Add Grid View option for menu
- Establishes a “heartbeat” mechanism between TAK Tracker and TAK Aware
- Proper post navigation when adding a server connection
- Prevent b-f-t-a markers from appearing on the map
- When scrolling to marker, zoom out/in if a long distance
- When dropping a point from GoTo, set name to be the point
- Rename Drone Video integration
- Add icons for integrations that don’t have them
- Adds background opacity to buttons
- Reworks the detail view screen to be more compact / info dense
- Adds in copy capabilities for the coordinates and DTG
- Adds in the Server/Client info for users on the detail view screen
- Reenabling a site is now much faster to connect
- Show labels on lines
- Look at Mime Type if no file extension found
Bug Fixes:
- BUG: Fixes issue where COT messages sent as data packages didn’t enable the onReceiveDelete parameter
- BUG: Fixes issue where polygons could be exported as u-d-r instead of u-d-f
- BUG: Fixes issue where subscribed DS missions might get removed when the server returns a 500 error code
- BUG: Ensures QuickPic alerts without camera access
- BUG: Alert list screen has no way to close it
- BUG: Fixes issue which would lead to stale video markers from drones
- BUG: Stale markers remaining on the map (see above)
- BUG: Fixes issue where KML shapes were clickable across the entire shape
- BUG: UDP Connections timing out
- BUG: Password protected mission creation is broken
- BUG: Ensure mission names can't have slashes
- BUG: Fix Iconset handling to look in subfolders
- BUG: Multiple labels when creating shapes
- BUG: Changing shape label leaves old shape label
- BUG: tapping on a shape adds a new label at tap point
- BUG: QuickPic not including the FOV info when sending marker
- BUG: Data Sync Logs not pulling across in Missions
1.9.2 9 Aug
New Features:
- Handles multiple cameras in DroneSense feeds by showing a tab interface
- Greatly improved KMZ Multigeometry and Style support
- New UI to navigate KML/KMZ features and turn on/off layers
- Handles taps for KML shapes
- Improved KML Remarks Display (basically attempts to be aware of the color / style and show an appropriate background)
- Process KMZ Image Overlays as tiled DB so they work like PDF/TIFF overlays
- Accept Pref files in packages to change callsign / team / role (with prompt)
- Allow copying Report Time / Location Coordinates from the Detail Screen
Bug Fixes:
- Fixes issue importing Data Packages for enrollment that contain multiple pref files
- Fixes KMLs not being imported when part of DS missions
- Handles DataPackage onReceiveDelete (and shouldn't show them in the list after import)
- Hides the “Next Report Date” from non-reportable annotations
- Fixes issue where hidden data packages may repopulate their contents on the map at app startup
- Fixes issue where stale markers are sometimes not removed
- Option to disable in-app browser
- Improved Map Cache Tile Downloading
- Improved DataSync mission handling (including cases where it may seem like you were being subscribed to missions due to stale data)
1.9.1 9 Jul
Huge Update:
New Features:
- Polygon Labels (off by default for KMLs)
- Geofence Creation and Alerts
- DataSync and Channel Search Bar
- Remembers last selected iconset
- Self Track Log creation (Similar to Survey123)
- Improved Route display
- “Personal Geofence” so you can alert yourself when you enter/exit areas
- Markers now dim for 5 minutes past their stale time
- In App Health Check for permissions
- Pre Download Map Tiles
- Can send CoT markers with attachments
- Adds DTG / Last Report / Next Report times
- Allows videos to be full screened
- Allow editing of marker locations from the quick menu
- Prompt users to publish changes to a mission when editing a marker
- DroneSense integration that can recognize magic video links as Video URLs and show the Video Player icon as well as display the magic video link in place of the standard video player
Bug Fixes:
- PW missions not being created
- MGRS Coordinates in GoTo menu
- Credential handling improvements
- Server connection improvements
- Deleted Missions now prompt the user to clear
- Data Package sending issues
1.9 2 Jul
- Significant Performance Improvements (which also fixes app being killed while backgrounded in certain cases)
- Adds area calculations to the details for closed polygons
- Fixes bug preventing DataSync missions from being refreshed
1.8.1 4 Jun
- Create and share Data Packages
- Create and manage Data Sync missions
- Revamped onboarding screens
- Dynamic reporting times
- Digital Pointers support
- Persistent Emergency Alerts
- Supports mission package downloads and preference imports via QR code
- Lots of bug fixes and performance improvements
1.8 21 May
- Network Monitor shows when the app is disconnected
- Fixes issue with KML Image Overlays that could cause an app crash
- Improves DataSync Mission handling
1.7.3 23 Mar
We've heard from some users issues around slow performance, and then finding out they are subscribed to every DataSync mission on a server! So this version adds in a check during migration to see if that's the case, and offers the ability to unsubscribe from them all, as well as checks to ensure that doesn't happen. Also adds in a new Advanced option to Unsubscribe from All DS missions
1.7.2 3 Mar
Fixes:
- Data Sync not clearing out markers when unsubscribing
- Data Sync automatically downloading mission when clicking on a password protected one
- Show a message if certificate expired
- Toggle AutoEnroll if changing username/password
- Poll if Channels enabled for a server
- Fix GoTo in menu not doing anything
- Set callsign when using QR code scanning
- DataSync COT markers sometimes showing as blank lines
- Improved Channel API handling to fix a “No Channels available” bug
- Fixes “No Servers Connected” message in DataSync after making an initial connection
- Fixes occasional GoTo selecting the wrong address when multiple similar addresses are present
- Ensures that the list of DS missions on the server and the app are in sync when server missions are deleted
Features:
- Sends an SA message as close as possible to connecting to a server to help reduce “Ghost Connections”
- Tightens up the “Image Overlay processing” warning and clears out the existing messages (also moves to the KML Overlay Menu)
- Shows an alert box if alerts are active on the map
- Improved Alert Sheet UI to be more compact
- Adds new options in Display Settings to adjust icon and label size on the map
- Improved handling of address selection in the GoTo menu
- Adds a Sensors Iconset for point dropping, and allows you to add video feeds to the LOC sensor
1.7.1 23 Feb
Welcome to TAK Aware 1.7! So much goodness for you packed in this release. The highlights:
- Multi Server Connections!
- Improved DataSync interactions, including attaching photos and files as well as creating and viewing User Logs
- GoTo and Coordinate Editing is now available
- Video Manager
- Handles importing custom maps, iconsets, etc when importing a data package
- Improved handling of Geospatial files and Image Overlays
- Plus lots of bug fixes and enhancements!
While we have done a tremendous amount of testing, we know that we may not have caught every bug. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us as support@flighttactics.com if you have any issues.
1.7 3 Feb
- Fixes a rare issue that could lead to crashes when DataSync missions don't have descriptions
- Updates handling of Geospatial files to convert them during import to a less resource intensive format
- Note that this can take a little bit of time right now for large packages of files
- Adds multi-select options for overlays to hide or delete
- Improved asynchronous processing of file imports
1.6.1 18/11/2025
Welcome to TAK Aware 1.6 - a huge new release with tons of new features for enhanced situational awareness. This includes:
Features:
- Native GeoPDF/GeoTIFF support through the KML and File Overlays menu
- Supports editing and displaying custom self remarks
- Presents an option to delete an item from a data sync mission when being deleted from the map
- For PDF/GeoTIFF and for Image Overlays it now properly moves to the center and zooms to the correct extent of the overlay when tapping the zoom-to button
- Adds in improved certificate notifications for expired certificates
- Allows sending multiple items from the lasso select to users or data sync missions
- Caches subscribed DataSync missions to display even when offline
- Adds in visual alerting for markers that are in emergency status
- Introduces support for DDM coordinates
- Sets a configurable 14-day retention police for Track Logs
- Adds in a new feature to disable all map labels for markers in the same menu option where you change between truncate/scroll/etc
- Remembers your last location and lock on preference and scrolls to that on startup
- Renames the links in a subscribed data sync mission to be clearer
- Improves spot map point dropper visualizations and default callsign
Integrations:
- Notifies TAK Tracker when running to prevent double dots from showing on the map
- Adds in Rain Technology’s HAIL Dashboard Integration
- Experimental support for connecting to and backhauling data from goTenna radios
Fixes:
- Enables some (all?) m3u8 feeds to play
- Fixes an issue preventing video streamed over UDP from being displayed
- Fixes an issue where certain network conditions would cause multiple TAK Server connections
- Fixes an issue where some custom icons were different sizes (and adds in the infrastructure for setting icon sizes ala ATAK/WinTAK)
- Fixes issue where the app would hang / crash during certain data package imports
- Updates display for u-d-p markers
- Sorts custom iconsets and fixes issue with certain custom iconset import formats
- Fixes issue with Data Package search being case sensitive
- Fixes a bug when trying to Certificate Enroll / Data Package Connect.
- Fixes a bug in the icon picker that would occasionally cause a crash
- Fixes an issue when scrolling to a marker or overlay while locked on where it would just bring you right back
- Updates battery data to be sent in CoT messages as an integer rather than a decimal to fix a potential issue in TAK Server federating TAK Aware clients
- Fixes an issue where the lasso tool lines were unnecessarily wide
- Improves Processing of Emergency Alert messages
- Fixes issue where the user location arrow would not align with the map rotation
- Fixes issue where closed polygons would not show the fill color
- Fixes issues where CoT markers and shapes would not honor data package visibility
- Fixes issue where default CoT markers were sent as "a-U-G" instead of "a-u-G" types
1.6 15/10/2025
Bug Fixes:
- Fixes issue with Map Sources not being able to be imported
- Some fixes to the over zoom for cached maps that were preventing map levels above 19 from being downloaded
Features:
- Automatically processes and displays KML/KMZs and Map Sources in Data Sync missions
- Adds UTM support for coordinate display
- Adds option for scrolling annotation labels on the map (in addition to truncating and full display)
- Modifies the marker editor to allow rapid updating of marker types to any available marker or custom marker
- Updates Point Dropper to include 2525 markers and Spot Map
1.5.2 22/07/2025
New Features:
- COT Links with URLs now show at the bottom of the remarks section as clickable links
- The user marker can now be toggled between a directional arrow with the user's current heading
- Supports Caching and Offline load of custom map sources, and the ability to import MBTiles formatted tile stores
- Map markers can have their color edited
- Allows users to clear the map of DataSync markers when unsubscribing from a mission
- Remembers the selected coordinate display options (e.g. Lat/Lon vs MGRS, MPH vs KPH, etc)
Bug Fixes:
- Fixes issue with occasional crashes while processing UDP messages
- Ensures Polygons / Polylines have at least two points in the drawing tools
- Fixes issue with UserInfo box not showing during onboarding flow
- Fixes issue where the Debug Log viewer would immediately close when trying to view
- Updates rendering to handle Range and Bearing circles from WinTAK/ATAK
- Fixes issue where open poly lines were being treated like Polygons
1.5.1 13/07/2025
TAK Aware 1.5 has a feature-packed bundle of awesomeness! Featuring Brand new:
- Contacts Manager, including send-to-contact
- Overlay Manager, including searching for markers
- Drawing Tools support for making some great shapes
- Point Dropper to put custom icons on the map
- Lasso Select, to select those awesome icons
- Breadcrumbs/Track Logs supported, including previewing and exporting logs for yourself or other markers you track
And great improvements:
- The tak:// enrollment method is now supported from the QR code screen
- Subscribed DataSync missions can now have their markers and attachments viewed (they don't process packages yet)
- Markers can be sent to DataSync missions (though not attachments and no deletes yet)
- When connecting to a server the app now gives more meaningful messages about failures
- And, when all else fails, there's a new option in Advanced Options -> Debug Options to turn on a capture file with all the debug messages for troubleshooting
- Plus more!
As always, feel free to reach out to us at support at flighttactics.com if you have any issues
1.5 01/07/2025
- Updates mesh support to allow sending and receiving data over mesh/UDP (including XML and Protobuf)
- Allows entire server connection to be edited
- Allows server connections to be toggled on/off
- Allows for reenrollment to a server through a toggle on the server edit page
- Exposes a setting to modify the COT Type broadcast for the user
1.4.2 16/05/2025
Small update to fix some outstanding issues:
- When certificate enrolling, now supports DC as well as O/OU for the CSR, even if there are multiples
- Fixes an issue where editing a server connection with dark mode enabled would be unreadable
- Updates the About screen to include additional library references
1.4.1 04/05/2025
- Allows users to toggle displaying full labels for map items
- Allows phone numbers to be copied or texted
- Adds bearing/speed/altitude for users
- Adds an info box when tapping on a marker
- Reworks annotation display on maps to be more consistent
- Allows marker metadata to update in real-time when displayed in the details or info box
1.4 29/04/2025
We are very excited to release version 1.3.1 which fixes some issues with bloodhound lines from 1.3, and includes some top requested functionality, including:
- Initial support for DataSync missions (including password protected ones)
- Support for KML GroundOverlays and MultiGeometry
- Support for importing custom iconsets and maps
- Allowing toggling on showing user icons (or as 2525 icons)
- Calling users directly from the quick actions menu
- Improved video experience
- Multiselection support in the deconfliction sheet
- Significant performance improvements
As always, feel free to reach out to us if you encounter any issues or have any requests for functionality.
1.3.1 22/03/2025
We are very excited to release version 1.3 which adds in some top requested functionality, including:
- Initial support for DataSync missions (including password protected ones)
- Support for KML GroundOverlays and MultiGeometry
- Support for importing custom iconsets and maps
- Allowing toggling on showing user icons (or as 2525 icons)
- Calling users directly from the quick actions menu
- Improved video experience
- Multiselection support in the deconfliction sheet
- Significant performance improvements
As always, feel free to reach out to us if you encounter any issues or have any requests for functionality.
1.3 18/03/2025
Bug fixes and enhancements:
- Fixes issue where the onboarding screen would show "Skip" instead of "Next" in some places
- Fixes issue where Settings Screen would still request connecting to a server immediately after connecting
- Fixes issue where app cleared non-stale, non-archived CoT on startup
- Fixes issue where app would delay showing placed / edited / deleted markers on low-volume TAK Servers or when disconnected
- Improves data package experience to remove duplicates and show a downloading indicator
- Improves CoT handling when CoT messages are split across multiple TLS packets
- Performance improvements when importing larger data packages
As always, reach out to support@flighttactics.com with any issues or enhancement requests
1.2 12/01/2025
We're excited to introduce KML/KMZ support as well as complete DataPackage support for interacting with imported files. Also includes performance enhancements and improvements especially during background processing.
1.1 05/01/2025
New Features:
- NEW INTEGRATION: Ditto Integration
- FOV Cones now supported when the marker includes a sensor node
- “Invisible Mode” / Setting Manual Location
- Add Grid View option for menu
- Establishes a “heartbeat” mechanism between TAK Tracker and TAK Aware
- Proper post navigation when adding a server connection
- Prevent b-f-t-a markers from appearing on the map
- When scrolling to marker, zoom out/in if a long distance
- When dropping a point from GoTo, set name to be the point
- Rename Drone Video integration
- Add icons for integrations that don’t have them
- Adds background opacity to buttons
- Reworks the detail view screen to be more compact / info dense
- Adds in copy capabilities for the coordinates and DTG
- Adds in the Server/Client info for users on the detail view screen
- Reenabling a site is now much faster to connect
- Show labels on lines
- Look at Mime Type if no file extension found
Bug Fixes:
- BUG: Fixes issue where COT messages sent as data packages didn’t enable the onReceiveDelete parameter
- BUG: Fixes issue where polygons could be exported as u-d-r instead of u-d-f
- BUG: Fixes issue where subscribed DS missions might get removed when the server returns a 500 error code
- BUG: Ensures QuickPic alerts without camera access
- BUG: Alert list screen has no way to close it
- BUG: Fixes issue which would lead to stale video markers from drones
- BUG: Stale markers remaining on the map (see above)
- BUG: Fixes issue where KML shapes were clickable across the entire shape
- BUG: UDP Connections timing out
- BUG: Password protected mission creation is broken
- BUG: Ensure mission names can't have slashes
- BUG: Fix Iconset handling to look in subfolders
- BUG: Multiple labels when creating shapes
- BUG: Changing shape label leaves old shape label
- BUG: tapping on a shape adds a new label at tap point
- BUG: QuickPic not including the FOV info when sending marker
- BUG: Data Sync Logs not pulling across in Missions
more Version 1.9.2 9 Aug
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