Stand up a TAK server, instrument the weapon, review the day.
The server is normally the part that costs weeks to stand up and somebody who knows Linux to maintain it. Ours runs in minutes with full administrator access. VICE weapon sensors report through ATAK, the server keeps the record, and MARS replays it for the debrief.
Where a cycle loses time
Three places a training cycle or a deployment gives time away. Each one is a thing we sell against, and each is stated below with what actually replaces it.
Standing up the server
A certificate authority, TLS, data packages, user provisioning and a Linux box somebody has to own for as long as the unit uses it. That is the week you get back: an EOTAK Server is hosted and patched by us, and you get full administrator access to it from the first minute.
Instrumenting the weapon
VICE modules report shots and weapon pose from the weapon itself. The sensing is onboard: there is no external sensor, nothing bolted to the outside, and no change to how the weapon is carried or cleared. Reporting is over Bluetooth to ATAK; see 2.0.
Reconstructing what happened
The debrief usually starts from memory and a whiteboard. MARS replays the day from the record the server already kept, so it starts from the track instead. It runs afterwards, not during.2
The reporting path
Three nodes, in this order and no other. The weapon sensor talks over Bluetooth to the Braveheart ATAK plugin inside ATAK; ATAK writes the Cursor on Target message and talks to your EOTAK Server; the server holds the record. MARS reads that record afterwards.
EOTAK Stack is not a link in the chain. It pairs with a module directly over Bluetooth and shows that module’s live readout (firmware version, battery, shot count, and roll, pitch and yaw as they move) and it pushes firmware over the same connection. Stack talks to the module in front of you; it is not the reporting path. ATAK is what puts the event on everyone else’s map.
What you actually run
Four things, and only one of them is proprietary to us.
- 3.1 Server
- A managed TAK server, hosted, patched and monitored by us, with full administrator access for you. Your certificate authority, your users, your data packages. DigitalOcean, or AWS GovCloud where the work requires it.
- 3.2 Clients
- ATAK on Android. TAK is an open standard and the clients are free, so nothing about the picture on the device is ours to charge for or to lock. EOTAK Stack sits alongside it for plugins, map packages and sensor firmware, on Android and iOS.
- 3.3 Sensors
- Three VICE weapon modules: pistol backstrap, AR grip and Picatinny rail. Each reports shot detection and weapon pose from onboard motion analysis. Full comparison in 4.0.
- 3.4 Replay
- MARS, included on every plan. Playback at 1×, 5×, 10×, 20× and 30×; 14 basemaps, none of which need an account; measurement in six units; export to PDF, CSV, KML and GPX so the record leaves with the unit.
Weapon sensors, compared3
The three VICE modules differ in where they mount and what they weigh. What they report, and the path they report it on, is the same for all three.
| Specification | VICE Glock Module | VICE Core | VICE URS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | GLOCK Gen5 backstrap | Magpul® MOE and K2 grips, standard AR | MIL-STD-1913 (Picatinny) rail |
| Mount | Into the backstrap | Inside the grip | Quick-detach throw-lever |
| Reports | Shots · pose · holster draw and re-holster | Shots · pose · aim down sights | Shots · pose · aim down sights |
| Weight | 0.43 oz (12.19 g) | 0.40 oz | 2.47 oz (70 g) |
| Battery | 100 mAh | 350 mAh | 350 mAh |
| Charging | USB, in place on the firearm | USB, in place on the firearm | USB |
| Firmware | EOTAK Stack over Bluetooth | EOTAK Stack over Bluetooth | EOTAK Stack over Bluetooth |
| Model | VICE-G3F | VICE-CORE | VICE-URS |
| Price | $299.99 | $299.99 | $299.99 |
| Full page | VICE Glock Module → | VICE Core → | VICE URS → |
Hosting and posture
Three statements, each with the authority named. Nothing here is an adjective doing load-bearing work, and the sentences are kept separate on purpose. Collapsing them would be a claim we cannot make.
The substrate is authorized
Servers can run in AWS GovCloud: isolated US regions, operated by US persons, FedRAMP High authorized, with a DISA provisional authorization at IL5. That authorization is held by AWS.
Our service is aligned, not authorized
We engineer GovCloud deployments against the IL4 control set. We do not hold our own ATO, and a provisional authorization on the infrastructure is not one.
Your ATO is yours to issue
At IL4 and above a mission owner grants the authorization for the system. Reciprocity from the substrate is a discount on that work, not a substitute for it.
Ask before you assume
If you need a specific authorization, tell us and we will answer in writing about where we actually are. On a page with no logos on it, that is the only proof worth offering.
Published pricing4
Nobody else in this category publishes a number. Ours is on the site, in a table, where you can put it in a budget line without asking anyone for a demo first. There is one plan, priced per user, per year, and the rate falls as the seat count rises. The rows below are a sample; every threshold is on the full rate card.
| Seats | Effective rate | Annual total | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | $162.00 | $810.00 | Per user, per year |
| 25 | $92.40 | $2,310.00 | Per user, per year |
| 10 | $120.00 | $1,200.00 | Per user, per year |
| 50 | $90.00 | $4,500.00 | Per user, per year |
| More than 50 | — | — | By quote, contact sales |
| Compliance | — | $10,800.00 | Per server, per year, see 5.0 |
Notes
The qualifications that belong with the statements above, kept where they can be read rather than buried in them.
- 1
ATAK is Android only. That is Team Awareness Kit’s constraint, not ours, and every ATAK plugin inherits it, including the Braveheart ATAK plugin. Our own applications are cross-platform: EOTAK Stack and EOTAK Beacon are both Android and iOS.
- 2
MARS is after-action review. It replays a record the server has already written, and it is not a live tracking product.
- 3
VICE hardware is quoted, not sold from this page. Availability and lead time come back with the quote. Full specifications, wireless details and box contents are on each sensor’s own page.
- 4
Seats are charged in graduated bands: the seats inside each band pay that band’s rate, and the totals are added together. The effective rate in the table is the resulting total divided by the seat count, not a single band’s rate, so a seat count between two thresholds lands between two rates. There is no setup fee, and MARS is included at every seat count. The compliance addon is flat per server and is never multiplied by seats.
Stand one up and run it.
Managed TAK servers priced per user, per year, with MARS at every seat count. If the answer you need is a compliance answer, ask for it in writing and you will get one.