AirPro News has published coverage of Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ launch of FlightHorizon ALERT, a fully managed airspace awareness and alerting service for general aviation airports, critical infrastructure sites and other facilities that need better visibility into nearby crewed aircraft and drones. The article emphasizes the service’s low-infrastructure design and its ability to provide automated monitoring without a complex radar installation or continuous manual oversight.
The coverage explains that FlightHorizon ALERT uses a single receiver to detect Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) signals from aircraft and Remote ID broadcasts from drones. The service can then send automated text and email alerts when aircraft or drone activity is detected near a monitored facility. AirPro News also highlights the system’s foundation in technology licensed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
In its analysis, AirPro News describes lightweight, managed detection systems as a practical step toward integrating more uncrewed traffic into the national airspace. The publication notes that services such as FlightHorizon ALERT can give smaller airports a more accessible way to maintain airspace awareness as commercial drone operations and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) activity increase.
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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