9th December 2024
Claudia Bacco looks at the pioneering drone tech being developed by Vigilant Aerospace Systems for both military and civilian use.
As the flight of autonomous commercial aircraft becomes more mainstream it must co-exist safely with general aviation in the national airspace. This applies not only to civil aviation, with all branches of the US military having embraced autonomous vehicles and aircraft.
Oklahoma-based Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ FlightHorizon PILOT onboard detect-and-avoid system for drones is designed to read sensor data, detect nearby aircraft and provide collision avoidance commands to remote pilots or to the onboard autopilot.
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Vigilant Aerospace is the leading developer of 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