A few years ago, Cory Foy was leading a wilderness search and rescue team deep in the Smoky Mountains. No cell signal. Radios that couldn’t reach far enough to matter. Paper maps. And then a mama bear on the edge of a ridge, cornering his team with nowhere to go.
They made it out. But the question that followed them down the mountain didn’t go away: why are people doing this kind of work with these kinds of tools?
That question became Flight Tactics.
What We Build
Flight Tactics develops TAK-based situational awareness technology for public safety agencies, emergency managers, and large-scale event operations. Our platform, Sentry, provides hosted TAK server infrastructure, standalone LTE trackers, iOS applications, and AI-powered computer vision, built for the conditions responders actually work in.
The technology centers on one problem: when multiple agencies need to operate together, they rarely see the same picture. A commander can see where the patrol car is parked. Not where the officer actually is. Mutual aid arrives and doesn’t appear on anyone’s local system. Nine agencies respond to a single incident and produce nine different operating pictures.
Flight Tactics closes that gap.
How We Work
Most technology vendors ask agencies to replace what they have. We don’t. TAK functions as an integration platform, connecting existing systems into one common operating picture without requiring anyone to start over. Vehicle tracking, dispatch systems, drone feeds, camera networks, partner agency data. It all comes into one map that everyone can see.
We call it the AND Kit. It works with your tools, not instead of them.
Where We’ve Deployed
Our work spans some of the most demanding public safety environments in operation.
At the New York City Marathon, 150 standalone trackers across 26.2 miles gave command real-time visibility into medical teams, security personnel, and sweeper operations. Integrated camera feeds, UAS detection, and geo-referenced 911 calls meant responders could see exactly where they needed to go, before they asked.
The Texas Department of Public Safety relies on TAK infrastructure for statewide coordination, including pre-positioned information for school layouts, trauma center routes, and emergency response plans pushed to responders at the moment they’re needed.
During the Kerrville floods in July 2024, over 1,400 responders from across the country were onboarded to a common operating picture within three days of the initial deployment. Teams using different platforms, Esri, SARTopo, and others, all fed data into one integrated map without switching tools.
At the U.S. Capitol Police, TAK coordinates multi-agency operations for the State of the Union and other high-security events where federal, state, and local agencies need to operate from the same picture simultaneously.
About Cory Foy
Cory Foy is the President of Flight Tactics and Managing Director of TAC Public Safety, a 501(c) nonprofit focused on expanding TAK access across public safety agencies of all sizes.
His background is operational. Before founding Flight Tactics, Cory worked extensively in swift water rescue, wilderness search and rescue, high-angle rescue, and hurricane deployments across the Southeast. That work shaped how Flight Tactics approaches the technology: from the ground up, for the people carrying the devices, not just the commanders watching the screen.
He serves as a subject matter expert for the U.S. Capitol Police and has briefed federal officials on situational awareness operations including hurricane and flood response. He speaks regularly at public safety conferences on multi-agency coordination, TAK deployment, and the operational realities of large-scale event management heading into 2026.
Why 2026 Matters
The FIFA World Cup spans 11 U.S. cities. July 4th marks America’s 250th anniversary. The calendar doesn’t slow down around either. For agencies that haven’t built a common operating picture yet, the window to do it is short.
Flight Tactics helps agencies assess where they are, build the foundation they need, and deploy at scale before the pressure arrives.