Insights & guides
How teams plan missions with Vector, one question at a time.
Guides
- Vector, a UAV mission planner for the whole teamVector is a collaborative UAV and drone mission planner: one live map for the team, with terrain, weather and airspace checked as you draw, ATAK integration and offline use on phones.
- Plan a mission in Vector and see it in ATAKLink a Vector mission to your own TAK Server: drawings sync both ways with ATAK, iTAK and WinTAK, TAK positions show on the Vector map and TAK chat appears in the mission.
- A mission plan that works with no signalDownload the mission area to a phone while you have signal; after that Vector opens the plan, maps and terrain with no signal and sends your changes when the signal is back.
- Plan a mission with an AI assistant, on real dataVector has an MCP server: Claude, Codex or any MCP client can read a mission, check weather, airspace, terrain and line of sight, and add objects to the plan the team sees.
- Moving mission planning off Google Earth ProGoogle Earth Pro desktop downloads end on 25 June 2027. Vector is a browser-based alternative for teams that plan missions on a map together: KML import, live editing, 3D terrain and offline phones.
Explainers
- What is a viewshed, and how to use one in mission planningA viewshed is the ground that can be seen from one point, worked out from the terrain. How it is calculated, what it leaves out, and how planners use it for observation posts, launch sites and radio links.
- How to read an MGRS grid referenceMGRS (Military Grid Reference System) gives a position as a grid zone, a 100 km square and an easting and northing. How each part works, how precision follows the number of digits, and how to read one.
- BMNT, EENT and first light: planning around daylightBMNT and EENT mark the start and end of nautical twilight, when the sun is 12 degrees below the horizon. What they mean, how they differ from civil twilight, sunrise and sunset, and why missions are planned around them.