Active Response Kit

Closing the gap between training and reality — an ultra-portable AutoTargets™ kit built for scenario-based training in real-world environments.

An ARK kit unpacked, stood up and shot — from carry case to live drill.

In support of our military and law enforcement clients, AutoTargets is dedicated to bridging the divide between training and real-world encounters. Our ARK kits are engineered for this exact challenge: ultra-portable, versatile, and perfect for scenario-based training in the field.

Whether it’s vehicle-based rapid range deployments, line-of-fire exercises, or live environment SIMs events, AutoTargets ARK packages offer swift deployment and proven reliability, backed by over a decade of successful applications with law enforcement and military units. These systems empower trainers to easily develop, capture, evaluate, and share crucial training data at the touch of a button.

Why Choose AutoTargets ARK Packages?

Portability and Flexibility

Our target systems are designed for ultimate flexibility, letting you set up highly effective training environments wherever you need them. Move beyond the traditional training grounds and bring the ARK experience directly to your location.

Advanced Technology

Equipped with either Conductive or Kinetic hit detection, the instant feedback on each shot provides invaluable data for honing skills and enhancing training outcomes.

Better Feedback Faster

Trainers moving from paper targets to AutoTargets report a 50% increase in training reps for most students and curriculum. Instant visual feedback intuitively reinforces correct performance.

Quick and Reliable Setup

With our intuitive setup processes, transition from setup to training in minutes. Whether for planned exercises or spontaneous drills, ARK packages are your go-to for efficient training.

Proven Track Record

Trusted by military and law enforcement agencies for over a decade, AutoTargets has a history of performance in rigorous environments. Join other leading organizations that leverage our technology for real-world readiness.

Complete Packages

From lift units to ballistic shields and intuitive control software, each ARK package includes everything necessary for training sessions. Customize your configurations to best suit your operational needs.

At the touch of a button

Develop, Capture, Evaluate, Share

No range required

An ARK lift unit stands on bare ground. There is no lane hardware to mount to, no trench to run cable through and no power to bring in — the kit carries its own high-pressure air, its own batteries and its own wireless mesh, so the training environment goes wherever the tailgate stops.

That is what makes vehicle-based rapid range deployments, line-of-fire exercises and live-environment SIMs events practical: the same targets you would install on a permanent range, set out in minutes and packed back into a soft-sided case at the end of the day.

See how portable systems fit alongside fixed installations on Range Types.

A green E-type target raised by an AutoTargets lift unit on open desert ground, with a black ballistic shield standing in front of the mechanism.
A lift unit deployed on bare desert ground — the ballistic shield in front of it protects the mechanism from incoming rounds.
An instructor holding a tablet watches a shooter in camouflage fire at two silhouette targets on an outdoor range, dust rising from the impact berm.
The instructor runs the drill from a tablet on the line and sees each hit as it lands.

Conductive or kinetic hit detection

Every ARK package is built in one of two hit-detection forms. Conductive packages use the HexLink™ target, whose conductive matrix reads multi-zone hits from live rounds. Kinetic packages sense the impact at the target mount, which suits simulated and non-lethal ammunition as well as live fire.

Either way the shot registers the moment it lands and the target reacts to it, so the drill, the hits and the times are captured for review rather than counted by hand afterwards. The detail on both methods is on Targets & Hit Detection.

One tablet, up to twenty units

ARK kits are driven by AutoTargets for Android™ over the lift units’ own wireless mesh — no range network, no access point, no infrastructure. Targets are placed on a scaled map of the ground you are standing on, given their own hit-to-fall rules, and run as a scenario.

Where a permanent control room already exists, the same units join the RangeControl™ Software Suite instead, and an Advanced RangeControl™ option adds a ruggedized laptop, a mesh-compatible radio, a remote training session and a year of software maintenance.

A receding row of AutoTargets lift units on a desert range, each raising a white paper silhouette target above a low concrete wall.
Lift units run as one group whether there are two of them or twenty.

Packages are built around ARKCORE, a one-lift-unit kit, and ARKPRO, a two-lift-unit kit. Both come in a Conductive (-C) or Kinetic (-K) form, and the two combine into a three-lift-unit package.

ARK package contents, as published in the 2025 ARK Packages sheet.
Included ARKCORE ARKPRO
Configuration
Lift units 1 2
Hit detection Conductive or Kinetic Conductive or Kinetic
In the case
Soft-sided carry case 1 2
HPA bottle and regulator 1 bottle and regulator 3 bottles and 1 spare regulator
Spare battery and charger 1 spare (2 batteries total) 1 spare (3 batteries total)
Ballistic shield 1 — standard on Conductive, optional on Kinetic 2 — standard on Conductive, optional on Kinetic

The ARKCORE Conductive package also ships with ten HexLink™ targets. HPA fill stations and bottles, E-type targets in cardboard or plastic, and mounting options — mobile stand or shelf-mount kit — are available separately. Configurations and pricing are quoted by an Authorized Partner; confirm the current build sheet with them before ordering.

Downloads

Both are one-page sheets listing every ARK configuration, what ships in it and the optional accessories; the February 2025 flier is the later revision.

Manuals, the control app and the rest of the document library are on Downloads & Guides.

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