The Air Force is utilizing an array of emerging systems, sensors, platforms, & communications methods to augment situational awareness and mission partner collaboration, serving to enhance base defense operations. This new landscape represents an emerging technical baseline which can be scaled and connected to meet a variety of mission-sets in a multitude of operational environments. At the center of this ecosystem is TAK, known as the "Tactical Assault Kit" in the DoD, and as "Team Awareness Kit" in the civilian space. Creating this digital data lake through TAK enables aggregation of solutions such as 3D mapping, UAS & UGV telemetry, CBRNE detection, video streaming, and much more. This environment can be readily federated to other agency servers, enabling selective data sharing for collaborative all domain detection & response. This exciting discussion will show how a military component is using advanced broadband technology to deliver video, Push to Talk, and other critical situational awareness information -- and potential applicability of these examples to other domains.

Takeaway

•Comprehend the Role of Emerging Systems and Sensors in Enhancing Situational Awareness for military applications.
•Evaluate the Scalability and Connectivity of the New Technical Baseline.
•Understand military communications needs and how they are addressed using available broadband technology tools and processes and identify applicability to other use cases.