Deploy TAK infrastructure, stream live weapon telemetry, and execute real-time after-action review.
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.
stream live weapon telemetry
VICE modules report shots and weapon telemetry 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. Available anywhere 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 telemetry 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 | Clamps to the rail |
| Reports | Shots · telemetry · holster draw and re-holster | Shots · telemetry | Shots · telemetry |
| 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 → |
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, billed annually, and the rate falls as the seat count rises. The rows below are a sample; every threshold is on the full pricing table.
| Seats | Effective rate | Annual total | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | $162.00 | $810.00 | Per user, annual |
| 25 | $92.40 | $2,310.00 | Per user, annual |
| 10 | $120.00 | $1,200.00 | Per user, annual |
| 50 | $90.00 | $4,500.00 | Per user, annual |
| More than 50 | — | — | By quote, contact sales |
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.
Stand one up and run it.
Managed TAK servers priced per user, billed annually, with MARS at every seat count.