Vigilant Aerospace Systems has been included in Drone Industry Insights’ 2023 Drone Market Environment Map, a global industry resource that identifies key companies across the commercial drone ecosystem. The map organizes more than 1,000 drone companies into hardware, software, and services segments, with further subcategories for specialized market functions.
Drone Industry Insights describes the map as a snapshot of active companies in the commercial drone industry. It includes organizations whose core business is drones or whose products play an important role in the drone market.
Vigilant Aerospace appears in the map’s software segment under UAS Operations and Fleet Management. This placement reflects the role of FlightHorizon as airspace management and detect-and-avoid software for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS).
FlightHorizon and the Drone Market
FlightHorizon is built for programs that need airspace awareness and detect-and-avoid functions. These include droneports, UAS test ranges, public safety programs, defense organizations, and advanced air mobility initiatives.
The system supports tracking and visualization of crewed and uncrewed aircraft within a defined airspace. It also supports user-defined geofencing, alerting, historical replay, data logging, and CSV export for review and compliance workflows.
These features are significant for organizations developing Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) programs. Regulators and operators need evidence that a drone can remain safely separated from other aircraft. Detect and avoid for BVLOS operations is a critical part of that safety case.
Vigilant Aerospace’s work also extends beyond a single deployment model. FlightHorizon products support fixed-site, portable, cloud-hosted, and onboard use cases. This allows the software to support different program needs, including test sites, state aviation programs, defense training, and large UAS operations.
A Continuing Recognition by Drone Industry Insights
This is not the first time Drone Industry Insights has recognized Vigilant Aerospace in its market analysis. In 2019, Vigilant Aerospace was listed as one of the most relevant companies in the drone technology market. The company appeared among global providers of flight, fleet, and operations management software for UAS.
That earlier recognition came as software was becoming a faster-growing and more strategic part of the drone industry. Today, that trend continues as UAS programs require more robust systems for command, control, safety, and airspace integration.
Vigilant Aerospace’s continued presence in Droneii’s market mapping reflects the company’s ongoing role in this segment. It also reflects the growing importance of UAS detect and avoid software for scalable drone operations.
About Drone Industry Insights
Drone Industry Insights, also known as Droneii, is a market research and analytics company based in Hamburg, Germany. The company focuses on commercial drone market intelligence, industry reports, company rankings, market studies, and consulting services. Droneii states that it provides data and analysis covering the global drone ecosystem.
Vigilant Aerospace is the leading developer of multi-sensor detect-and-avoid and airspace management software for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS or drones). The company’s product, FlightHorizon, is based on two NASA patents and uses data from multiple sources to display a real-time picture of the air traffic around a UAS and to provide automatic avoidance maneuvers to prevent collisions. The software is designed to meet industry technical standards, to provide automatic safety and to allow UAS to safely fly beyond the sight of the pilot. The software has won multiple industry awards and the company has had contracts and users at NASA, the FAA, the U.S. Department of Defense and with a variety of drone development programs. Visit our website at www.VigilantAerospace.com