AO Update is a simple to follow form template to be used by JTACs or FAC (A) when providing situation updates to arriving aircraft. The plug-in follows the basic TTFACOR (Threats, Targets, Friendlies, Artillery, Control, Ordinance, and Restriction) as defined in the JP 3-09.3 Joint Close Air Support (JCAS) publication and AFTTP 3-2.6 JFIRE manual.
The plug-in opens in the right fly-out, is scaled to fit most devices and will scroll to fit. Each text field is limited to 18 characters. This limitation ensures no character/line-wrap if the message is sent digitally (L16, SADL, VMF, etc.) to air players. There are 2 x buttons: copy and clear. The copy button will copy the user entered text to the clipboard and will automatically append the line label and a dash (ex. T-This is the threat line) Once on the clipboard, users can use the standard Android gestures (i.e. long-press) inside appropriate editText or form fields to “paste” the TTFACOR contents. The intent with the copy button was to allow users to grab the contents of the form and send over ATAK chat. Once the clear button refreshes the form to a blank state and removes all user entered content.