AirPro News recently covered Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ deployment of the FlightHorizon TEMPO airspace management system at the Oklahoma Air & Space Port in Burns Flat, Oklahoma. The article describes the installation as an important addition to the site’s safety and flight test infrastructure, supporting future operations involving uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft, and autonomous spacecraft. According to the publication, the deployment is part of Vigilant Aerospace’s work with the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA) and includes three active long-range DeTect radars, with additional radar installations planned to expand surveillance coverage around the spaceport. AirPro News reports that this radar-supported system is intended to help enable safe Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flight by electronically detecting both cooperative and non-cooperative aircraft in the surrounding airspace.
The article says in part,
“We observe that Oklahoma is executing a highly effective strategic pivot. By leveraging legacy Cold War-era aviation infrastructure and combining it with modern, cloud-based detect-and-avoid technology, the state is positioning itself as a highly competitive alternative to traditional coastal spaceports.”
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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