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Analysis and field notes on immersive command and control, 3D mission planning, and where AR/VR is actually earning its place in defense and public safety operations.

8 Video Feeds, 1 Shared Common Operating Picture: Drone Feeds Embedded in ARTAK 3D Map

8 Video Feeds, 1 Shared Common Operating Picture: Drone Feeds Embedded in ARTAK 3D Map

By Mike Simmons

ARTAK Block 3 brings live video and position from air, ground, and underwater unmanned systems into one shared 3D map, seen by the whole team in Meta Quest 3.

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Eolian Accepted into National Security Prototype to Production OT Consortium (NSPPC)

EolianVR joins the National Security Prototype to Production Consortium

By Mike Simmons

EolianVR is now a member of the National Security Prototype to Production Consortium (NSPPC), a Department of the Navy path to prototype and field ARTAK faster. Managed by Creative Defense Foundation.

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Birds-eye 3D terrain view with glowing MIL-STD tactical overlays showing unit symbols, attack arrows, phase lines, and engagement area boundaries over desert and scrubland — ARTAK Block 3 staff planning environment

ARTAK Block 3: What's New in Eolian's 3D Staff Planning Environment

By Mike Simmons

ARTAK Block 3 turns the 3D map into a staff planning environment: 200+ weapon systems with enforced real ranges, thousands of MIL-STD-2525E symbols, and six new base maps.

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A soldier in a dark tactical environment wearing a mixed-reality headset, using ARTAK for holographic command-and-control overlays, maps, and data visualizations

Who Is EolianVR? The Defense Technology Company Behind ARTAK

By Mike Simmons

EolianVR is a small-business defense technology company and systems integrator building mixed-reality command-and-control software for multi-domain operations. Founded in 2016, fielded with USSOCOM, and structured so government customers can actually buy from us.

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A soldier wearing an ARTAK enabled AR mixed-reality headset with a vivid 3D holographic common operating picture projected in front of them, showing terrain maps, unit icons, and GPS tracks glowing in a dusk tactical environment.

What Is ARTAK? The Augmented Reality Team Awareness Kit, Explained

By Mike Simmons

ARTAK is Eolian's patented mixed-reality command-and-control platform: a 3D common operating picture that runs on headsets, tablets, and laptops, works air-gapped at the edge, and federates with the TAK ecosystem. Here's what it is, who uses it, and how to buy it.

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