AryaOS¶
The all-in-one operating system for building a Common Operating Picture.
AryaOS 2 is available
AOS2 is the complete, self-configuring rewrite of AryaOS. Stable v2.1.19 adds multi-domain sensors, resilient COTBridge routing, a field console, lifecycle operations, appliance hardening, SBOMs, and hardware release gates. AryaOS 1 devices require a fresh flash.
AryaOS turns an inexpensive single-board computer into a turn-key sensor gateway. It sends live aircraft, vessel, and drone tracks to any TAK device. The gateway needs no cloud, subscription, or command line. A touch-friendly web console controls it.
ADS-B and UAT aircraft, AIS vessels, drone Remote ID over Wi-Fi. Bluetooth, DJI DroneID, APRS. Your own GPS position - on one box, in one picture.
Get started in 15 minutes What is AryaOS?
Pick your mission¶
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Aircraft
Display ADS-B and UAT air traffic in TAK. The original AirTAK use case - proven in wildland fire and SAR.
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Maritime
Track ships and vessels from AIS, over the air or from an online feed.
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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.
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Multi-sensor COP
Fuse air, maritime, and drone feeds into one picture - or relay CoT between networks and a TAK Server.
What it can hear¶
Capabilities are named after the signal, not after a product - adsb, ais,
wifi-rid, ble-rid, rid, dji, sik, sapient, acars. 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, AryaOS finds attached hardware and enables supported sensors. It reports supported sensors that remain disabled. Mix them freely - it will tell you when two capabilities want the same radio.
| Capability | Enable with | What appears on the map | Hardware needed |
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| ADS-B / UAT | adsb |
Crewed aircraft on 1090 MHz and 978 MHz | ADSBee or an 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 |
| ACARS | acars |
Position-bearing aircraft messages | VHF-capable SDR, such as LimeSDR |
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 ยท Capabilities and device roles
Start here¶
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Quickstart
Flash a card, boot the box, connect a phone, see tracks.
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Flash the image
Write AryaOS to a microSD card with AryaOS Imager, which fetches the image for you - or Raspberry Pi Imager or Etcher.
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Web admin
Everything is configurable from the browser - no SSH needed.
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Connect to TAK Server
Import a data package or enrollment URL and forward your feeds upstream.
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.