Feature Updates: New Logging System, Binary Logging, Hardware Compatibility Added to FlightHorizon
Based on recent flight testing at NASA, work with manned aircraft safety training providers, and long-range offshore public safety patrol flights, Vigilant Aerospace has added several new features to FlightHorizon. These include a broader range of transponder...
Vigilant Aerospace Featured in Crunchbase Article on Technology’s Role in Disaster Response
Vigilant Aerospace was recently featured in a Crunchbase News article "How Tech Helped Kick Ass During Hurricane Harvey" by Mary Ann Azevedo about how technology, including drones, was used to help in response efforts after Hurricane Harvey impacted the Houston and...
FlightHorizon Used in NASA SonicBAT Research Flights for Situational Awareness, Airspace Logging
Vigilant Aerospace is excited to announce that FlightHorizon is being used in a major research project conducted by NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California in conjunction with NASA Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Florida to measure the effect...
NASA Engineer & Inventor of Patent Behind FlightHorizon Discusses UAS Innovation
Ricardo Arteaga, NASA Research Engineer and inventor of the patented NASA technology behind our FlightHorizon product, was recently interviewed for the "Innovator Spotlight" series published by NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center. During the interview, Ricardo...
FlightHorizon Named an R&D 100 Award Finalist for 2017
Vigilant Aerospace's product, FlightHorizon, has been named a 2017 R&D 100 Award Finalist. The Finalists were announced yesterday, August 9th, by R&D Magazine. Read the full story here. The R&D 100 Awards are presented annually to the top 100 scientific...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Presenting on the Safety Framework for Unmanned Aircraft at the UAS Business & Contracting Symposium
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson will be making a presentation titled "Safety Framework for Integration of UAS into the National Airspace" on August 8th at the UAS Business & Contracting Symposium organized by the Oklahoma Metro Technology Centers. The...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Joins Industry Experts to Present “Safer UAS Flights With NASA Tech” at UAS Summit 2017
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson will be presenting "Safer UAS Flights With NASA Tech" at the upcoming UAS Summit & Expo 2017 on Wednesday, August 23, 3:30 PM. The event is the 11th annual UAS Summit and Expo and one of the most established and respected...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Discussing Commercial UAS Solutions at Upcoming UAS Tech Forum
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson is participating in a panel discussion on "End Users of UAS: Which Industries are benefiting from the technology?" at the upcoming US Small Business Administration's UAS Cluster Initiative 2017 UAS Tech Forum in Wichita, Kansas...
Vigilant Aerospace Completes Demonstration Flights at OSU Unmanned Aircraft Flight Station
Vigilant Aerospace recently completed live demonstration flights of FlightHorizon GCS using two unmanned aircraft to demonstrate and document the full safety lifecycle of detect, track, predict, avoid and recovery functions during multiple flight encounters. The...
New Buying Guide for FlightHorizon Products Published
Vigilant Aerospace has published a new FlightHorizon Buying Guide to help you through the process of selecting the right product for your operational needs. Whether you are flying a single small UAS for patrols within 20 miles of your ground control station, or are...
New FlightHorizon Products and Services Announced
Vigilant Aerospace is announcing our new list of FlightHorizon™ products for both ground-based and on-board detect-and avoid, and our new integration and consulting services: FlightHorizon GCS™ – Uses an aviation transponder and, when available,...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Speaking at InterDrone 2017: The Future of Drone Sense-and-Avoid Technology
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson is discussing "The Future of Drone Sense-and-Avoid Technology" as a panelist at the upcoming 2017 InterDrone International Drone Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas in September. Panel Session: The Future of Drone...
MITRE Study Concludes ADS-B Viable for Low-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft
Recently, the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD), operated for the FAA by the MITRE Corporation, published a new research study about the use of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) systems by small, low-altitude unmanned aircraft...
Vigilant Aerospace Closes Investment Round with the Lubbock Angel Network
Vigilant Aerospace announced today that the company has closed an investment from the Lubbock Angel Network out of Lubbock, Texas. Here is the full text of the announcement: Press Announcement - VAS Closes Investment Round with Lubbock Angel Network - June 21...
Vigilant CEO to Speak on Fundraising Panel for Upcoming US Small Business Administration’s UAS Cluster Initiative Webinar
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson will be a panelist for the US Small Business Administration's Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Cluster Initiative on the upcoming webinar on "The ABCs of Developing a Quick Pitch to Attract Investment Capital and Licensing...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Presenting to Transit, Shipping and Energy Executives at Houston-Galveston Area Council
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson will be presenting on current capabilities and safety technology for industrial unmanned aircraft to executives in transit, shipping and the energy industry at the upcoming Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) meeting on July...
New Explainer Video: What Does FlightHorizon Do for Commercial Drone Operators?
We have updated our "Explainer Video" about what FlightHorizon does for unmanned, commercial aircraft operators. If you've been looking for the short story on what we're doing, here's your chance to find out, fast! Click the "play" button below to start the video. The...
New Features Added to FlightHorizon after NASA BVLOS Detect-and-Avoid Flights
Vigilant Aerospace has added new functions and made significant improvements to FlightHorizon using the flight data collected during our BVLOS flight testing at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in December 2016. Watch the 90-second video about our recent beyond...
Vigilant Aerospace Accepts Nation’s Highest Federal Tech Transfer Award at Federal Laboratory Consortium National Meeting
Vigilant Aerospace, Cimarron Capital Partners, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Armstrong Flight Research Center (NASA AFRC) were recently honored on April 26, 2017 at the annual Meeting of the National Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) with...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Comments on the Future of Drone Delivery in the United States
An article released today by The Future of Everything as part of their "Ask the Thought Leaders " blog series featured comments from Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson and other experts in the unmanned aircraft industry. In light of the increasing efforts of...
Latest Reported Near-Misses in the U.K. Highlight Need for Drone Visibility and Detect-and-Avoid Solutions
The latest report on drone sightings and near-misses with commercial manned aircraft in the U.K. have highlighted an increasing need for drones to be more visible to manned aircraft and to be able to detect-and-avoid other aircraft. The U.K. Airprox Board (UKAB)...
FlightHorizon: Fully Autonomous Detect-and-Avoid for Unmanned Aircraft – Current Capabilities and Future Trends, An AUVSI XPO 2017 Presentation
Vigilant Aerospace is presenting at the upcoming AUVSI Xponential 2017, the largest trade show for unmanned systems, on the morning of May 11th at the Solutions Theater in the XPO Hall. FlightHorizon: Fully Autonomous Detect-and-Avoid for Unmanned Aircraft Systems -...
The Drone Analyst Calls FlightHorizon the Less Complex and Readily Available Solution for Airspace Conflict Management
Colin Snow, the "Drone Analyst," who publishes research on unmanned aircraft systems at SkyLogic Research and is a top-billed columnist at DroneLife, published an analysis on March 10th in DroneLife about AirMap's new proposal to issue digital certificates for...
FAA Reports 1,000 New Commercial UAS Registered Per Week, Big Growth Ahead
The FAA released a new Aerospace Forecast for 2017-2037 on March 21 that includes both some startling 2016 numbers and a forecast for continued rapid growth of the commercial UAS industry in coming years. In addition, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta has delivered...
NASA Subscale Flight Research Lab Featured in Wired Magazine Video, Tested FlightHorizon
Wired Magazine recently published a fun video about the researchers and pilots of the awesome NASA Subscale Flight Research Lab at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center: Flight Lab: Inside the Model Plane Shop Where NASA Flies the Future This is the same team that...