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AryaOS

The all-in-one operating system for building a Common Operating Picture.

AryaOS turns an inexpensive single-board computer into a turn-key gateway that puts live aircraft, vessels, and drones onto any TAK device — ATAK, WinTAK, iTAK, or a TAK Server — with no cloud, no subscription, and no command line required. Sensors in, Cursor on Target out, managed entirely from a touch-friendly web console.

ADS-B and UAT aircraft, AIS vessels, drone Remote ID over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, DJI DroneID, APRS, and your own GPS position — on one box, in one picture.

Get started in 15 minutes What is AryaOS?

Pick your mission

  • Aircraft

    Display ADS-B and UAT air traffic in TAK. The original AirTAK use case — proven in wildland fire and SAR.

    Aircraft (ADS-B)

  • Maritime

    Track ships and vessels from AIS, over the air or from an online feed.

    Maritime (AIS)

  • Counter-UAS

    Detect and track drones by Remote ID — over Wi-Fi and over Bluetooth — plus DJI DroneID. Reports the aircraft and the operator's location.

    Counter-UAS

  • Multi-sensor COP

    Fuse air, maritime, and drone feeds into one picture — or relay CoT between networks and a TAK Server.

    Multi-sensor

What it can hear

Capabilities are named after the signal, not after a product — adsb, ais, wifi-rid, ble-rid, rid, dji, sik, sapient. They are exactly the names you type, the names the box reports, and the names on the map.

The image ships with every sensor switched off; on first boot the box works out what is actually plugged in and enables what it finds, then reports anything it could do but did not turn on. Mix them freely — it will tell you when two capabilities want the same radio.

Capability Enable with What appears on the map Hardware needed
ADS-B / UAT adsb Crewed aircraft on 1090 MHz and 978 MHz SDR — RTL-SDR, or any SoapySDR device
AIS ais Ships and vessels dAISy NMEA receiver, or a spare SDR
Remote ID — Wi-Fi wifi-rid ASTM F3411 Remote ID over 802.11, plus operator location Monitor-mode Wi-Fi adapter (e.g. Atheros AR9271)
Remote ID — Bluetooth ble-rid ASTM F3411 Remote ID over Bluetooth LE None — the board's own radio
Remote ID — receiver rid Remote ID via a dedicated receiver, over MAVLink BlueMark DroneScout DS110
DJI DroneID dji DJI aircraft and the pilot's position AntSDR E200
MAVLink telemetry sik Drone telemetry from a SiK radio SiK / SiKW00F radio
SAPIENT C-UAS sapient Counter-UAS sensors speaking BSI Flex 335 Networked sensor

Two things are not capabilities, because they are not optional receivers: GPS (a USB receiver, shared with every connected device via gpsd) and APRS (an RTL-SDR plus Dire Wolf, configured on its own).

Choosing hardware  ·  Capabilities and device roles

Start here

  • Quickstart

    Flash a card, boot the box, connect a phone, see tracks.

    15-minute quickstart

  • Flash the image

    Write AryaOS to a microSD card with AryaOS Imager, which fetches the image for you — or Raspberry Pi Imager or Etcher.

    Flash the image

  • Web admin

    Everything is configurable from the browser — no SSH needed.

    Tour the web console

  • Connect to TAK Server

    Import a data package or enrollment URL and forward your feeds upstream.

    Connect a TAK Server

Why AryaOS

  • Runs anywhere, offline. Boots on a Raspberry Pi, broadcasts its own Wi-Fi, and needs no internet to put a picture on a phone in a backpack.
  • Never touch a terminal. Network, radios, TAK certificates, VPN, updates, device role, and diagnostics all live in the web console.
  • Quiet by default. A stock image ships with every sensor disabled and only starts what the attached hardware supports, so a box with no radios is a working TAK node — not a wall of errors.
  • Built on open standards. Every gateway is powered by PyTAK and speaks Cursor on Target to the whole TAK ecosystem. See the software suite.
  • Hardened for the field. Firewalled, brute-force protected, per-device TLS, first-login password expiry, and a published security posture.

Who builds AryaOS

AryaOS is developed by Sensors & Signals LLC and funded by the Colorado Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting and the USDA Forest Service. It is in active use by wildland fire, security, safety, and response organizations worldwide.