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...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Talks About the Future of Autonomous Systems with Oklahoma Magazine
Vigilant Aerospace Systems was recently featured in an article by Oklahoma Magazine (OKMag.com) on commercial drone integration into the U.S. national airspace. From the article: "Our system provides the capability to detect-and-avoid aircraft and gives unmanned...
FAA Releases 2016 Drone Sighting Incidents Report
The FAA has announced the release of their 2016 drone sightings incident report, covering February through September, 2016: FAA Releases Updated Drone Sighting Reports The prior report, released in 2016, covered the same period in 2015. Comparing the two periods, the...
New 90-second Video: NASA Beyond Line-of-Sight Detect-and-Avoid Flight Tests of FlightHorizon
We've published a new, short video (90 seconds) about the beyond line-of-sight, detect-and-avoid flight tests of FlightHorizon conducted in December at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Click "play" below to start the video! ...
FlightHorizon Recognized by FLC with National Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer
Vigilant Aerospace, Cimarron Capital Partners, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Armstrong Flight Research Center (NASA AFRC) are being honored by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) with the nation's highest technology transfer recognition,...
Industry Reacts to FlightHorizon BLOS Tests at NASA
Vigilant Aerospace recently announced the successful completion of beyond visual line-of-sight testing of the latest version of the FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid system for unmanned aircraft. The tests were conducted in NASA Armstrong's controlled airspace by...
Vigilant Aerospace Completes Beyond Line-of-Sight UAS Detect-and-Avoid Flight Testing at NASA Armstrong
Vigilant Aerospace has completed successful beyond line-of-sight flight testing of its new FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid, airspace management system for unmanned aircraft at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The tests demonstrated the...
Vigilant Aerospace BLOS Drone List Featured in DroneLife
DroneLife.com, a leading commercial drone news source, covered the release of Vigilant Aerospace's Beyond Line-of-Sight Drone List. Excerpt from the article: “We believe that the future of unmanned aircraft in the US has arrived, and only a few obstacles remain for...
Vigilant Aerospace Releases List of Commercial Drones for Beyond Line-of-Sight
Vigilant Aerospace officially announced the release of a drone list featuring commercial drones available in the US capable of beyond line-of-sight operations. Here is the full text of the announcement: Press Announcement - Vigilant Aerospace Releases List of...
FAA Grants Beyond Line-of-Sight COA to Vigilant Aerospace Testing Partner
The Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Test Site in North Dakota, an official test site for the Federal Aviation Administration's Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence program (ASSURE), is the first UAS test site to be granted a FAA...
Vigilant Aerospace Selected to Present at 2017 Rice Alliance IT and Web Venture Forum
Vigilant Aerospace has been selected to present at the upcoming Rice Alliance Information Technology and Web Venture Forum on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The event is organized by the Rice Alliance, a nationally-recognized...
Vigilant Aerospace Joins FAA’s ASSURE Program for Unmanned Flight Safety
Vigilant Aerospace Systems has become a testing and research partner in the FAA's ASSURE program for unmanned aircraft safety, including the development and testing of detect-and-avoid and beyond visual line-of-sight flight systems. This announcement comes after...
Vigilant Aerospace Closes Investment Round with TONIC Fund
Vigilant Aerospace announced today that the company has closed an investment from TONIC Fund of Fayettville, Arkansas. Here is the full text of the announcement: Press Announcement - VAS Closes Investment Round with TONIC Fund - December 12 2016 [PDF] Vigilant...
Vigilant Aerospace Joins National TechHire Initiative as Oklahoma City Partner
Vigilant Aerospace announced today that it has partnered with the newly announced TechHire Initiative in Oklahoma City to support the expansion of the technology industry and give more people access to high-paying tech jobs. Here is the full text of the...
Remarks from UTM 2016 on the Future of Industry Innovation
Our CEO and co-founder, Kraettli L. Epperson, recently spoke at the Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) Convention 2016 on the panel titled "The Future of Industry Innovation to Enable UTM." The panel featured several leaders in the unmanned aircraft industry: Panel...
Latest Flight Test with FlightHorizon
As a part of ongoing research and development, Vigilant Aerospace completed an informal test flight on Friday, Nov. 18 at Wiley Post airport in Oklahoma City. This flight was primarily a shakedown test of several recent improvements to FlightHorizon in advance of our...