Full-Service TAK Integration, Training, and Support
TAKaaS
TAKaaS (TAK-as-a-Service) is a comprehensive service offering for harnessing the full potential of the TAK (Tactical Assault Kit/Team Awareness Kit) ecosystem.
Whether your mission requires ATAK for ground personnel, WinTAK or TAKX for operations centers, or TAK Server to connect and synchronize mission-critical data, TAKaaS ensures a seamless, tailored integration. From hardware selection and system setup to hands-on training and ongoing operational support, TAKaaS delivers unparalleled service and expertise from CTI’s TAK Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
Our TAK SMEs, leveraging extensive Special Operations or Public Safety backgrounds, provide tailored training programs and mission-specific solutions to meet the unique demands of your operations.
CTI Solutions Support Specialist and TAK SME AJ Johannson explains how far we’ve come with TAK.
Service Options
By choosing TAKaaS, you’ll unlock the full capabilities of the TAK ecosystem, ensuring operational readiness and mission success across diverse scenarios and multi-domain operations.
With TAKaaS, you gain access to mission-specific plugin loadouts, instruction on communications infrastructure, and even consulting for custom software development for new mission capabilities – which CTI also provides.
From foundational skills to operational tactics, from hardware selection to comprehensive TAK integration services, TAKaaS sets up your organization to execute your missions with confidence and precision.
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TAK Ecosystem Integration
We offer expert guidance on hardware selection and TAK variant recommendations to match mission requirements. Our services include the setup and optimization of TAK Server for seamless data sharing and consulting on communication infrastructure to support robust and reliable operations.
TAK Training
Our training courses cover every component of the TAK ecosystem (e.g., ATAK, iTAK, TAK Server, TAKX, WinTAK, etc.) providing hands-on learning tailored to operational needs. Programs range from foundational navigation to advanced mission capabilities, ensuring users gain the appropriate knowledge for their mission requirements.
Mission-Specific Support
Our training is tailored to operational and mission-specific requirements, with recommendations for plugins and plugin packaging to ensure mission readiness. Operational training is led by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) with extensive mission experience.
Ongoing Operational Support
We provide comprehensive server management to ensure uptime and operational continuity. This includes monitoring and maintaining redundant systems and offering dedicated technical and operational consulting to address mission-critical needs.
Software Development
If a specific mission calls for a capability not currently available as a TAK plugin, CTI is also a leading TAK developer. As the core developer of TAKX as well as numerous plugins, we design scalable software to meet evolving mission requirements and ensure seamless integration with existing systems.
Deployment Optionality
CTI supports deployment across mobile, mounted, and operations center environments, offering scalable solutions to accommodate both small teams and large-scale operations.
TAKaaS Team
CTI’s Solutions Support team is comprised of highly-accomplished subject matter experts with diverse operational backgrounds ranging from Special Operations to Wildfire Response. A collection of bios on a few of our TAK SMEs is provided below to give you an idea of the quality of our TAK Integrators, Trainers, and Consultants.
Abran
Abran possesses an impressive career spanning 16 years in information security and tactical communications. Abran's expertise spans multiple domains, including network technologies and a wide array of communication systems, including Shipboard Navigation, Space-Based Communications, and Covert Communications. Prior to joining CTI, Abran’s career began with his active-duty service in the US Navy, where he served as the Naval Special Warfare Tactical Communications Supervisor. In this role, he played a pivotal part in instructing, operating, and supervising Tactical Communications, directly contributing to advanced C4ISR systems' operation in combat scenarios for Naval Special Operations and Combined Joint Special Operations Forces globally.
AJ
AJ is a 30-year fire service professional whose career has spanned federal, state, and local government. He started his career with the U.S. Forest Service in 1994 serving 5 seasons with the El Cariso Hotshots before transitioning to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection. AJ has served the Corona Fire Dept (CA) from 2005-2025, achieving the rank of Fire Captain. For over a decade he has deployed with Incident Management Teams overseeing the “Situation Unit” whose purpose is to gather all aspects of intelligence on an incident and share that information across multiple domains to help first responders in their decision-making process. AJ has a passion for geospatial and mobile technologies and was a part of the California FIRESCOPE multi-agency committee on Emerging Information Technology.
Hops
Hops is a highly accomplished 20-year Air Force Combat Controller veteran, renowned for his distinguished service and recognition as a U.S. Air Force Weapons School "Patch" alumni. His impressive military career culminated with his role as a Program Manager at 24 SOW/720th STG, where he spearheaded the modernization efforts to enhance the battlefield capabilities of Special Warfare Operators. Today, Hops leads CTI's Evaluate Portfolio and is heavily involved with CTI's Solutions Support Department (SSD), overseeing a team of highly skilled Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across various domains, including SIGINT, INTEL, C5ISR, Tactical Datalink, and Tactical Operations. Hops’ proficiency extends to specialized domains, including ATAK, Digitally Aided Close Air Support, and Tactical Radios.
Working with Abran and the rest of CTI’s team has been amazing. You can tell these guys are former operators when they’re working with you in the middle of the night. They really feel more like teammates than outside support.
- Federal Law Enforcement Customer
TAKaaS in Action Free TAKaaS for Hurricane Helene
In September 2024, Hurricane Helene barreled toward the Southeastern United States, threatening millions with devastating winds, flooding, and power outages. In the face of this urgent crisis, CTI sprang into action, offering critical support to first responders and public safety agencies through rapid deployment of cutting-edge technology.
To enhance situational awareness and interagency collaboration, CTI offered free access to its secure GovCloud TAK (Tactical Awareness Kit) Server, providing responders with a robust, interoperable common operating picture, enabling real-time sharing of critical information and seamless coordination across agencies and jurisdictions.
Standing behind these solutions was CTI’s elite team of former special operations and public safety professionals, bringing unparalleled expertise to ensure operational success.
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