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Re:82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on governm... by anon73044 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:41PM (#22133626)
CGI Federal/Raytheon has been working on something like this for the last 5-6 years for (AFATDS)
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Re:82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on governm... by CapricornNoble on Thursday January 23, 2020 @08:19PM (#22134413)
I'd argue that ATAK is closer to a "combat iPhone" system than AFATDS, which is uniquely focused on field artillery coordination.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Tactical_Assault_Kit

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Re:82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on governm... by masterjefferson on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:29PM (#22134844)
I've worked on ATAK. It is a very capable combat tool.
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Re:82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on governm... by mirimir on Friday January 24, 2020 @01:45AM (#22135927)
How do they secure baseband?
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