An advanced ATAK plugin for tactical coordination and situational awareness.
OmniCOT provides tactical teams with enhanced capabilities for managing Cursor on Target (CoT) markers, Areas of Interest (AOI), and geofence-based alerting within the ATAK ecosystem.
- Modern Dashboard Interface: Card-based UI displaying real-time operational metrics
- CoT Management: Modify marker affiliations and battle dimensions
- AOI Detection: Automatic detection and management of areas of interest
- Alert System: Geofence-based alerting for CoT entry/exit events (Alpha)
- Activity Tracking: Monitor recent plugin operations
The plugin features a modern dashboard with:
- Status metrics showing active AOIs, alerts, and CoT modifications
- Quick action cards for common operations
- Recent activity feed
- Advanced data management controls
Area of Interest (AOI) detection and management:
- Automatic detection of drawn shapes on the map
- List view of all detected AOIs
- Quick access to zoom and alert configuration
- Real-time status of configured alerts
Alert configuration interface:
- Enable/disable alerts for specific AOIs
- Configure trigger types (Entry, Exit, or Both)
- Monitor specific COT types or all markers
- Set alert duration in hours
- Simple save/cancel workflow
- ATAK-CIV (see version matrix below for the right plugin build)
- Android SDK 21+ (Android 5.0 Lollipop)
Pick the plugin build that matches your installed ATAK version:
| Your ATAK version | Plugin release |
|---|---|
| 5.7.x | v0.7-5.7 |
| 5.6.x | v0.7-5.6 |
| 5.4.x – 5.5.x | v0.6 |
The ATAK 5.6 build env changed substantially (new takdev plugin, AGP 8.13, compileSdk 36), so a single APK cannot span the pre-5.6 and post-5.6 range. v0.7 ships as two separate signed APKs built from the same source against ATAK 5.6 and 5.7 respectively.
- Download the APK for your ATAK version from the table above
- Side-load on the device — tap the APK and allow install from this source, or:
adb install -r ATAK-Plugin-omnicot-0.7--5.7.0-civ-release.apk
- Open ATAK → Settings → Tool Preferences → Plugins → enable OmniCOT
The v0.7 builds are signed by the TAK Product Center Third Party Pipeline (TPP). ATAK will show a "third-party signed" badge in the plugin manager — that's expected for community-signed plugins.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for build instructions.
make-pipeline-zip.sh creates source archives for TPP submission:
./make-pipeline-zip.shOutput (current state):
omnicot-pipeline-atak5.6.0-{timestamp}.zip— for ATAK 5.6omnicot-pipeline-atak5.7.0-{timestamp}.zip— for ATAK 5.7
Each zip contains:
- Source code with
ATAK_VERSIONset for the target version - Build configuration (Gradle 8.14.3, AGP 8.13.0, takdev 3.+)
- All resources and documentation
- Excludes credentials (local.properties) and build artifacts
Upload to TPP:
- Go to https://tpp.tak.gov
- Upload each zip to the corresponding ATAK version pipeline
- Wait for TPP to build, security-scan, and sign (~5–10 minutes per version)
- Drop the returned signed APK into a new
releases/v<ver>/directory and tag a GitHub release
Tap the OmniCOT toolbar button to open the dashboard interface.
- Select "COT Management" from the dashboard
- Tap a marker on the map
- Choose new affiliation (Friend/Neutral/Hostile/Unknown)
- Select battle dimension (Point/Air/Ground/Sea/Subsurface)
- Confirm to federate changes
- Create shapes using ATAK's drawing tools
- Select "AOI Management" from the dashboard
- View detected areas and configure alerts
OmniTAK is a companion server application that aggregates CoT messages from multiple TAK servers, providing:
- REST API for programmatic access to tactical data
- Web dashboard for monitoring all connected ATAK devices
- Advanced filtering and routing of CoT messages
- Real-time metrics and monitoring
Use Together: Run OmniCOT on ATAK devices in the field, and OmniTAK on a server to aggregate and analyze all tactical data in real-time.
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Clone OmniTAK:
git clone https://github.com/engindearing-projects/omni-TAK cd omni-TAK -
Extract Certificates from ATAK (device running OmniCOT):
# Connect ATAK device via USB ./scripts/setup-tak-connection.sh --adb -
Start OmniTAK:
cargo run --release -- --config config/config.yaml --admin-password your_password
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Access Web UI: http://localhost:9443
See OmniTAK Integration Guide for detailed instructions on:
- Setting up OmniTAK to connect to your TAK servers
- Extracting and configuring certificates
- Filtering CoT messages by affiliation
- Using the REST API to access tactical data
- Multiple TAK server configurations
- Monitoring and metrics
Resources:
- OmniTAK Repository
- OmniTAK Setup Guide
- Integration Guide (in this repository)
OmniCOT follows standard ATAK plugin patterns:
PluginTemplate (AbstractPlugin)
├── OmniCOTTool (Toolbar Integration)
├── OmniCOTMapComponent (Lifecycle Management)
├── OmniCOTDropDownReceiver (UI Controller)
└── DashboardActivity (Statistics & UI State)
com.engindearing.omnicot.SHOW_PLUGIN: Displays the dashboard
- AndroidX RecyclerView 1.3.2
- AndroidX Annotation 1.8.2
- armeabi-v7a
- arm64-v8a
- x86 (debug builds only)
Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for:
- Development setup instructions
- Code style guidelines
- Pull request process
- Testing requirements
Future enhancements planned:
- Geofence monitoring with entry/exit notifications
- Alert creation and configuration UI
- Export/import functionality for AOIs
- Historical activity logging with persistence
- Integration with ATAK notification system
- Multi-marker batch operations
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- Project Maintainer: Engindearing
- Issues: GitHub Issues
- Email: j@engindearing.soy
Built using the ATAK-CIV SDK. ATAK is a product of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
This plugin is provided as-is for use with ATAK-CIV. It is not officially endorsed or supported by the ATAK development team.