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RotorLab MAVLink/ATAK Bridge

From $249 — Single or Pro, licensed per install

Connect any MAVLink ground station to ATAK and your TAK server. Every aircraft appears on the tactical map as a live MIL-STD-2525 track, parented to your GCS and updating continuously. And it is two-way — drop a named marker in ATAK and the bridge flies the drone. No custom integration, no scripting.

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UDP TCP Serial Cursor-on-Target Commands back ANY GROUND STATION MAVProxy QGroundControl Mission Planner RotorLab GC ArduPilot · PX4 · SITL HAWK-3 HAWK-4 SKIMMER-1 The Bridge Windows or Linux · unlimited aircraft GOTO 2 ALT 400 SPD 5 Your TAK server, or straight to ATAK
The Bridge dashboard: TAK connected over TLS with a certificate installed, two airframes listed with position, altitude, mode, armed state and battery, and a command log showing guided mode set, arm sent, takeoff sent and landing all accepted.
The same thing running. Note the command log at the bottom — every verb that came off the map is recorded with what the autopilot did about it: arm sent, takeoff sent, accepted: landing.

Two-way Command-by-ATAK

It does not just watch. Drop a named map marker and the bridge flies the drone — and every verb is something you switch on deliberately.

ENABLED BY DEFAULT GOTO RTL LAND HOLD ALTHOLD AVAILABLE, OFF BY DEFAULT GUIDED ARM DISARM TKOFF EVERY COMMAND PASSES ✓ Master permit switch ✓ Approved-callsign allowlist ✓ Range-checked before sending ✓ Sent, confirmed or blocked — all logged
The Command-By-ATAK settings page listing every verb and what it does, the one and two character short forms, how crew addresses work, the speed notch, the default GOTO mode, and a master permit switch.
The verb table as it ships. Every verb answers to a short form, a marker's target is whatever the map prints, and none of it executes while the master permit is off.

Key features

Live UAS tracking

Position, altitude, speed, heading, flight mode, armed state, battery and GPS — per aircraft, updating continuously.

Multi-drone, multi-link

Run UDP, TCP and serial links at once. Works with MAVProxy, QGroundControl, Mission Planner, ArduPilot, PX4 and SITL. One install, unlimited aircraft.

Standard Cursor-on-Target

Publishes to your TAK server, or broadcasts direct to ATAK over mesh or multicast. Nothing proprietary in the middle.

Mutual TLS

One-click certificate enrollment for OpenTAKServer, or import your own PEM or PKCS#12 when your organization issues its own.

A clean web console

Light and dark themes, role-based logins — admin and read-only viewer — and optional organization branding.

Runs anywhere

Windows or Linux, lightweight, and no cloud dependency. It works on a network that never reaches the internet.

An OpenTAKServer map showing six live aircraft and ground vehicle tracks over a city, each labelled with its callsign and crew address.
What your team sees. Standard Cursor-on-Target on a TAK server — nothing proprietary in the middle, and a marker dropped here flies the aircraft.

Licensing

One Bridge handles one ground station. A mutual-aid callout does not — when several crews each bring their own station, the TAK Fleet Server is the hub they all report into, on one map.
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