MMEK Demonstration · October 14, 2026

JTF Demonstration Flight — El Paso

A live border-operations demonstration from the AStar camera ship over El Paso: the El Paso mission layers on the TAK map and on the live video, license plate recognition, ground-to-air targets and chat, and beyond-line-of-sight video to remote viewers on AOG VECTOR.

Map of the El Paso demonstration flight
The AStar's track over El Paso, with the international border, the border barrier and the ports of entry.

By the numbers

1h 24m
airborne
28
remote viewers
5
states
6
peak at once
4h 29m
total viewing
– on this page right now– on VECTOR right now– visitors to this page so far

Viewer figures from the VECTOR access log for the flight window; the live counters update every 30 seconds.

What was demonstrated

TAK · VECTOR · Border Operations

Mission layers, map and video

The El Paso mission set — border, barrier, ports of entry and scenario areas — loaded over TAK and drawn on the crew's moving map, with search areas and the border line overlaid on the live sensor video.

License plate recognition

Plates read from moving vehicles at highway speed from the air, shown on the crew station as the aircraft tracks them.

Ground-to-air C2, beyond line of sight

Targets and chat sent from the ground to the crew over TAK, and the live EO/IR feed carried over Starlink to VECTOR viewers anywhere — no ground station.

How it went

On October 14 the AStar camera ship flew an 84-minute demonstration over El Paso (airborne at 9:25, down at 10:49 MT) for the JTF, working the border from downtown and Ciudad Juárez southeast to San Elizario and north over the Franklin Mountains, with the ground element and VECTOR HQ set up at the demo site.

Everything on this page was seen live by remote viewers on the AOG VECTOR page. The clips below are cut from the operator's screen recording, so they show exactly what the crew saw, map and overlays included.

  • The El Paso mission layers on the crew's map and on the live video, including a search area draped on the mountain
  • License plate recognition on moving traffic from the air
  • Targets and chat from the ground to the aircraft over TAK
  • 28 remote viewers in 5 states, including El Paso, Fort Bliss and Fort Huachuca, over Starlink with no ground station

Footage from this flight

MMEK In Action

1:00
Oct 14, 2026 · 9:26 MT · Operator screen

Downtown El Paso and Ciudad Juárez from the air

Downtown El Paso / Ciudad Juárez

Flying the international line over downtown: the operator holds the X monument in Juárez, switches from colour EO to thermal without losing it, then pulls wide over the river, the bridges and both cities. The border from the mission layer runs down the TAK map alongside.

AircraftAStar N995AS camera ship (MMEK sensor suite)
LocationDowntown El Paso / Ciudad Juárez
TransmissionStarlink via the Outerlink AirIP (BLOS) to VECTOR
EOIRBorder↓ Download
1:00
Oct 14, 2026 · 9:41 MT · Operator screen

License plate recognition at highway speed

Patriot Freeway (US-54), El Paso

Plate recognition running on the crew station: the gimbal tracks moving vehicles on the freeway and each plate it reads appears in the inset on the map, with the vehicle and its speed called out on the video.

AircraftAStar N995AS camera ship (MMEK sensor suite)
LocationPatriot Freeway (US-54), El Paso
TransmissionStarlink via the Outerlink AirIP (BLOS) to VECTOR
EOLPRTracking↓ Download
1:05
Oct 14, 2026 · 9:52 MT · Operator screen

A TAK search area painted onto the mountain

Franklin Mountains, El Paso

A search area drawn on the TAK map shows up draped over the terrain in the live video, so the crew sees exactly which ground is in the box. Shared to the aircraft from the ground, no voice relay.

AircraftAStar N995AS camera ship (MMEK sensor suite)
LocationFranklin Mountains, El Paso
TransmissionStarlink via the Outerlink AirIP (BLOS) to VECTOR
EOTAKSearch area↓ Download
0:35
Oct 14, 2026 · 10:01 MT · Operator screen

The El Paso mission layers in the aircraft

Northeast El Paso

The crew station Layers panel with the El Paso mission set imported over TAK: the international border, the border barrier, ports of entry, sector boundary and the scenario layers, all drawn on the moving map.

AircraftAStar N995AS camera ship (MMEK sensor suite)
LocationNortheast El Paso
TransmissionStarlink via the Outerlink AirIP (BLOS) to VECTOR
TAKMission layers↓ Download
1:10
Oct 14, 2026 · 10:16 MT · Operator screen

TAK chat and a target from the ground

Socorro, TX

Text between VECTOR and the crew during the flight, then a target pushed from the ground: the red TAK marker appears on the crew map and in the video, and the aircraft works it.

AircraftAStar N995AS camera ship (MMEK sensor suite)
LocationSocorro, TX
TransmissionStarlink via the Outerlink AirIP (BLOS) to VECTOR
TAKChatTarget↓ Download
0:50
Oct 14, 2026 · 10:24 MT · Operator screen

Freight yards in colour and thermal

Horizon City / Socorro, TX

Wide-area look at the trailer and freight yards east of El Paso, first in colour EO and then thermal, where vehicles and buildings stand out against the ground.

AircraftAStar N995AS camera ship (MMEK sensor suite)
LocationHorizon City / Socorro, TX
TransmissionStarlink via the Outerlink AirIP (BLOS) to VECTOR
EOIRWide area↓ Download
0:50
Oct 14, 2026 · 10:27 MT · Operator screen

Flying the border at San Elizario

San Elizario, TX

The aircraft runs the border southeast of El Paso with the international line from the mission layer overlaid on the live video, so the crew can see which side of the line every object is on.

AircraftAStar N995AS camera ship (MMEK sensor suite)
LocationSan Elizario, TX
TransmissionStarlink via the Outerlink AirIP (BLOS) to VECTOR
EOBorderOverlay↓ Download
0:50
Oct 14, 2026 · 10:35 MT · Operator screen

The border barrier in thermal

El Paso County, TX

Thermal along the border barrier: the wall, the patrol road and the river corridor beyond, with the barrier layer on the map beside it.

AircraftAStar N995AS camera ship (MMEK sensor suite)
LocationEl Paso County, TX
TransmissionStarlink via the Outerlink AirIP (BLOS) to VECTOR
IRBorder↓ Download

More clips in the In Action gallery.

The whole flight

Full flight — operator screen, 9:21 to 10:50 MT

The complete operator-screen recording of the demonstration, in five parts: EO/IR sensor, moving map with the TAK picture and the El Paso mission layers, and the taskings as they were pushed. Silent. Best on a wired or Wi-Fi connection; the clips above are the short version.

Part 1 — 9:21 to 9:41 MT

20:00 · 186 MB · ↓ download

Part 2 — 9:41 to 10:01 MT

20:00 · 216 MB · ↓ download

Part 3 — 10:01 to 10:21 MT

20:00 · 212 MB · ↓ download

Part 4 — 10:21 to 10:41 MT

20:00 · 215 MB · ↓ download

Part 5 — 10:41 to 10:50 MT

9:14 · 100 MB · ↓ download

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