Event: Vigilant Aerospace Leads Small Business Panel at 2025 Oklahoma Aerospace Forum
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli L. Epperson (right) moderated the Small Business Panel discussion on the valuable role small business plays in aerospace. At the 2025 Oklahoma Aerospace Forum, Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson moderated a breakout...
Video: Vigilant Aerospace Presents on Detect-and-Avoid at 2025 UAS Summit & Expo
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson speaking at UAS Summit & Expo (Courtesy: Mike Hess) Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson presented at the 2025 UAS Summit & Expo this year on airspace management, including how...
Video: Vigilant Aerospace on Scaling Integrated Airspace at AIAA 2025
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli L. Epperson presenting at AIAA July 22nd, 2025 Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson presented at AIAA 2025 on the development of a distributed, multi-sensor uncrewed aircraft traffic management system. The presentation,...
Presentation: Vigilant Aerospace on Real-World Use of ASTM Detect-and-Avoid Standard at XPONENTIAL 2025
Kraettli Epperson and Rob Knochenhauer presenting at XPONENTIAL May 19th, 2025 Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson made a presentation that outlined a practical, evidence-driven approach to translating industry standards into regulator-ready safety...
Event: Meet us at XPONENTIAL 2025 – May 19-22 – Houston, TX
Find us on the Oklahoma pavilion #4421 and the DAA Standards Workshop May 19.
Announcement: Oklahoma Aerospace Week 2025
It’s another big week for all things aviation innovation in Oklahoma next week with the second annual Oklahoma Aerospace Week, taking place March 31-April 4 here in Oklahoma City.
Hosted by the OKC Innovation District, the full week’s agenda is here.
We’re excited to be participating, including two key panel discussions.
Announcement: Vigilant Aerospace Demonstrates FlightHorizon for NOAA Weather Hazard Research
Vigilant Aerospace Systems demonstrated its cloud-based FlightHorizon TEMPO airspace management system during the NOAA NOW Flight Week Calibration Day this week. The demonstration showed how a deployable, cellular-connected system can support coordinated small...
Video: UAS Summit & Expo 2024- Adapting and Enhancing a Detect-and-Avoid System for Drones, From Commercial Product to Military Product and Back Again
At this week’s UAS Summit I’ll be presenting on Adapting and Enhancing a Detect-and-Avoid System for Drones: From Commercial Product to Military Product and Back Again to Dual-Use.
Announcement: Vigilant Aerospace to Present on Aviation Weather Hazards and Tech Commercialization at International Weather Drone Conference
Vigilant Aerospace’s CEO will be making two appearances during the ISARRA (International Society for Atmospheric Research using Remotely piloted Aircraft) conference in Tulsa this week. During the conference, he will be speaking about the company’s involvement in the...
Event: Real-World Development of Detect-and-Avoid for Large UAS, AAM, and Military Vehicles at XPONENTIAL 2024
At XPONENTIAL 2024, Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson participated in a Defense Theater session examining real-world detect-and-avoid (DAA) development for large uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), advanced air mobility (AAM), and military platforms....
XPONENTIAL 2024: Integrating Wind and Weather Hazard Data into Airspace Management and UTM Systems
At XPONENTIAL 2024, Kraettli Epperson, CEO and co-founder of Vigilant Aerospace Systems, gave a presentation on the integration of weather and wind hazard data into airspace management systems for safer drone and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) operations.
Event: Vigilant Aerospace Participates in Panel Discussion at the 2024 Oklahoma National Guard C-UAS Symposium
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli L. Epperson (center) speaking at the 2024 Oklahoma National Guard C-UAS Symposium panel discussion. Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli L. Epperson participated in the Oklahoma National Guard Counter-Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (C-UAS)...
FlightHorizon DEFENDER Demonstrated at New Oklahoma National Guard Counter-UAS Training Center
Vigilant Aerospace demonstrated its new FlightHorizon DEFENDER counter-UAS system in early February as the first featured system for the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s new Counter-UAS training center located at Camp Gruber near Braggs, Oklahoma. The demonstration...
Press: Vigilant Aerospace CEO Featured in UAS Magazine Podcast Ahead of UAS Summit & Expo Panel Appearance
Vigilant Aerospace CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, was featured in the recent UAS Magazine podcast ahead of his upcoming appearance at the upcoming UAS Summit & Expo in Grand Forks, ND on October 10. He will be speaking at 10:40am discussing the future of UAS collision...
Event: Vigilant Aerospace CEO Speaking on IP Commercialization Panel at TRAM Summit
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli L. Epperson speaking on a breakout panel at the TRAM Summit in Tulsa Oklahoma, October 3rd, 2023. Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson participated in a breakout panel at TRAM Summit in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on October 3rd....
Navigating the Future of Drones: Key Takeaways from the FAA Drone Symposium
Our CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, recently had the privilege of attending the FAA’s Drone Symposium and AAM Summit and reports that the future of unmanned systems looks brighter than ever. Hosted by the FAA in collaboration with AUVSI, this event combined the...
Presentation: Vigilant Aerospace Presents Detect-and-Avoid Research at FAA New and Emerging Aviation Technology (NEAT) Event
Vigilant Aerospace Systems presented at a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) New and Emerging Aviation Technology (NEAT) series event on June 28, 2023. The invitation reflects the FAA’s focus on integrated safety technologies that support beyond visual line of...
Vigilant Aerospace Hosts Demonstration Day with Oklahoma State University Featuring FlightHorizon
Vigilant Aerospace Systems, the leading provider of multi-sensor, standards-compliant detect-and-avoid (DAA) and airspace management systems for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) hosted a live Demonstration Day on December 2, 2022 at Oklahoma State University’s...
Houston Angel Network Hosting an Aerospace Engagement Event, Invites Vigilant Aerospace and Other Innovators to Present Solutions to Industry Challenges
Vigilant Aerospace CEO, Kraettli Epperson, will be speaking at the upcoming Aerospace Investment & Engagement event hosted by the Houston Angel Network (HAN) on October 27, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Vigilant Aerospace has been invited to present in the event’s...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO to speak about Advanced Air Mobility at Upcoming Oklahoma Aerospace Forum
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli L. Epperson to speak about Advanced Air Mobility at the 2022 Oklahoma Aerospace Forum on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. The presentation, to be featured in the afternoon breakout sessions, will be a panel session on “The Future of UAS...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO to Join Industry Experts on Two Panel Discussions at 2022 UAS Summit & Expo on Oct. 4
Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson will be industry experts at the upcoming 2022 UAS Summit & Expo in Grand Forks, ND on Tuesday, October 4th in two different panel sessions. The first panel session begins at 1:30 PM CT, titled “Keeping the...
FlightHorizon Multi-Sensor Detect-and-Avoid System Presentation by Vigilant Aerospace Systems at the 2022 UAS Summit & Expo
Vigilant Aerospace Director of Business Development, Zach Peterson, will be speaking at the 2022 UAS Summit & Expo at 3:10 PM on Tuesday, October 4th. The presentation titled “FlightHorizon Multi-Sensor Detect-and-Avoid System” will be featured on the...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Speaking on Panel at Counter-UAS and Asymmetric Threat Symposium on Sept. 23
Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson will be speaking at the upcoming Counter-UAS and Asymmetric Threat Symposium on Friday, Sept. 23 on a panel titled “C-UAS State and Federal Regulatory Concerns.” The conference is organized by the...
Detect-and-Avoid Systems Session with Vigilant Aerospace and Sagetech Avionics at the 2022 BAM Forum
Vigilant Aerospace Director of Business Development, Zach Peterson, will be discussing detect-and-avoid systems at the Business of Automated Mobility Forum at 12 noon, CST on Sept. 28. Peterson is joining Sagetech Business Development Director Rudy Johnson to launch...
FlightHorizon Overview and Live Demonstration to be Featured at Autonomous Nation 2022
Vigilant Aerospace will be presenting about FlightHorizon and demonstrating the airspace management system at the upcoming Autonomous Nation 2022 conference on August, 25 near Fargo, North Dakota. Autonomous Nation is a full-day conference bringing together...
Vigilant Aerospace to Present on Weather Safety Using FlightHorizon at UAS Weather Tech Forum
Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson will be making a presentation on integrating weather data into uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) safety and detect-and-avoid systems at the upcoming UAS Weather Tech Forum in Tulsa, Oklahoma on August 16-18, 2022....
Video: Developing & Testing Fully Onboard Automatic Detect-and-Avoid for UAS & Advanced Air Mobility
Vigilant Aerospace’s CEO recently made a 30-minute presentation on testing onboard automatic detect-and-avoid systems for unmanned aircraft at the 2022 SAE AeroTech Conference in Pasadena, California. Titled “Developing and Testing Fully Onboard Automatic...
Vigilant Aerospace Speaking at Upcoming SAE AeroTech Conference, Discussing “Developing and Testing Fully Onboard Automatic DAA for UAS and Advanced Air Mobility”
Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson has been invited to join industry leaders as a speaker in the upcoming 2022 SAE AeroTech conference March 15-17 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California. Epperson’s presentation titled...
Vigilant Aerospace Joins North Dakota Aviation Professionals, Exhibits at 2022 Fly ND Conference
Vigilant Aerospace Systems is joining aviation industry professionals at the 2022 Fly ND Conference March 6-8, 2022 at Delta Hotel in Fargo, ND. Fly ND is an annual conference produced by the North Dakota Aviation Association which brings industry leaders from North...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Presenting “Results from BVLOS Flights and Next Steps in Detect-and-Avoid” at Upcoming 2021 UAS Summit and Expo
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson has been invited to speak at the upcoming 2021 UAS Summit & Expo on October 13-14, 2021 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Epperson’s presentation, titled “Results from Real BVLOS Flights and Next Steps in...
Let’s Talk Detect-and-Avoid at XPONENTIAL 2021 Atlanta
Are you developing a beyond visual line-of-sight unmanned aircraft system or program? Vigilant Aerospace’s CEO led AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL 2021 panel discussion on new technologies for detect-and-avoid systems during the virtual event in May 2021, which is available to...
Highlights from Our AUVSI Webinar Presentation on “Enhancing Operations with Sensors and Other Instruments”
Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ CEO Kraettli Epperson participated in an AUVSI presentation on “Enhancing Operations with Sensors and Other Instruments.” We are happy to share the video of the presentation and a full transcript, below. Please contact...
Video: Vigilant Aerospace CEO Presents on Developing Multi-Sensor UAS DAA system at 2021 Business of Automated Mobility Virtual Forum
Kraettli L. Epperson, CEO of Vigilant Aerospace Systems, presented a technical overview of “detect-and-avoid” (DAA) development and testing. His focus was real-world performance evidence for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) uncrewed aircraft operations. The...
Highlights from Vigilant Aerospace’s 2021 Business of Automated Mobility (BAM) Forum Presentation on Real-World BVLOS Multi-Sensor DAA Testing
Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ CEO Kraettli Epperson recently presented at the 2021 AUVSI & SAE Business of Automated Mobility (BAM) Forum in a panel session titled “Developing & Testing a Real-World BVLOS Multi-Sensor DAA System for Unmanned Aircraft...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Presenting AUVSI Webinar on “Enhancing Operations with Sensors and Other Instruments”
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson will be co-presenting a webinar on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 on “Enhancing Operations with Sensors and Other Instruments” for The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) with co-presenter...
Presentation: Vigilant Aerospace CEO Participates in Virtual Panel Discussion at XPONENTIAL 2021
At AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2021, Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson participated in a virtual panel titled “New Technologies, Standards and Developments in the Delivery of Viable Detect-and-Avoid Systems for BVLOS Commercial UAS.” The session focused on what...
Vigilant Aerospace Presenting “Developing & Testing a Real-World BVLOS Multi-Sensor DAA System for sUAS at 2021 AUVSI BAM Forum
Vigilant Aerospace Systems has been invited to speak at the upcoming AUVSI Business of Automated Mobility (BAM) Virtual Forum event on June 23-24, 2021. The session titled “Developing and Testing a Real-World, Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight, Multi-Sensor...
Vigilant Aerospace Joining Aerospace Mobility Professionals at Upcoming 2021 Innovations in Mobility Aerospace Digital Summit
Vigilant Aerospace is joining mobility industry leaders at the upcoming 2021 SAE Innovations in Mobility: Aerospace Digital Summit live, virtual event on May 18-20, 2021. The Innovations in Mobility: Aerospace Digital Summit will feature presentations and discussions...
Vigilant Aerospace Leading a Panel of Speakers at 2021 AUVSI XPONENTIAL: “New Technologies, Standards & Development in the Delivery of Viable Detect-and-Avoid Systems for BVLOS Commercial UAS”
Vigilant Aerospace Systems has been invited to participate in a panel at the upcoming 2021 AUVSI XPONENTIAL virtual event on May 3-6, 2021. The 45-minute panel titled “New Technologies, Standards and Development in the Delivery of Viable Detect-and-Avoid Systems...
Vigilant Aerospace Presenting Recent Real-World BVLOS Unmanned Aircraft Flight Testing at UAS Summit & Expo
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson will be presenting a technical overview and real-world case study from the company’s recent beyond visual line-of-sight drone flights using a multi-sensor detect-and-avoid system at the upcoming UAS Summit & Expo. The...
Vigilant Aerospace Participating in XPONENTIAL 2020 Roundtable Discussion: “Oklahoma’s Role Influencing UAS Policy”
Vigilant Aerospace Systems has been invited to be a panelist in the XPONENTIAL virtual pavilion roundtable discussion on “Oklahoma’s Role Influencing UAS Policy” hosted by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce on October 6th. The hour and a half...
Vigilant Aerospace and Oklahoma State University To Present Panel On Using Droneports to Develop New Unmanned Aircraft Technology
Vigilant Aerospace and Oklahoma State University are presenting a panel session on using droneports for the development of innovative new unmanned aircraft technologies including advanced safety systems for beyond visual line-of-sight flight at the upcoming DronePort...
Vigilant Aerospace Presenting on 18-mile Autonomous Flight with Oklahoma State Univ. Utilizing FlightHorizon at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2020 Virtual Event
Vigilant Aerospace’s CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, has been invited to make a presentation on October 7th at the upcoming AUVSI XPONENTIAL conference on the company’s record-setting 18-mile fully autonomous drone flight carried out by the company with...
Vigilant Aerospace Joins the 2020 UAS Tech Forum to Educate on Remote ID, UTM and Careers in Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Vigilant Aerospace Systems will be participating in this week’s 2020 UAS Tech Forum as a sponsor and steering committee member while company CEO Kraettli L. Epperson will be moderating a panel on Remote ID for unmanned aircraft, providing a coffee break chat on...
Vigilant Aerospace Systems Joins 2020 UAS Tech Forum Event Steering Committee, Event Date and Venue Announced
Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO, Kraettli Epperson, has joined the steering and event planning committee for the upcoming 2020 UAS Tech Forum, set for September 16th and 17th at the Embassy Suites in Oklahoma City. “The UAS Tech Forum brings together the...
Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Joining a Panel of Speakers Discussing Drone Pandemic Response in a UAS Cluster Initiative Webinar
Vigilant Aerospace Systems has been invited to present a webinar on “COVID Operations: How drone companies are responding to help stop the Coronavirus pandemic” at 1:00 PM CT on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Hosted by the UAS Cluster Initiative of Oklahoma and...
Vigilant Aerospace Exhibiting, Participating in Oklahoma City Innovation District Autonomous Systems Symposium
*** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE *** Vigilant Aerospace has announced that it will be hosting a booth and that its CEO will be participating in the program for the upcoming Oklahoma City Innovation District Annual Symposium on Autonomous Systems...
New Video: Remote ID for Commercial UAS – What is it, How does it work, and Why does it matter?
Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ CEO Kraettli Epperson recently presented a webinar titled “Remote ID for Commercial UAS: What is it, How does it work, and Why does it matter?” “Remote ID matters, first and foremost, as a national security and...
Vigilant Aerospace Presenting Webinar on Remote ID for Commercial Unmanned Aircraft for SBA’s UAS Cluster Initiative
Vigilant Aerospace Systems is presenting a webinar titled “Remote ID for Commercial Unmanned Aircraft: What Is It, How Does It Work and Why Does It Matter?” The webinar will be on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 12:00 PM CT. Hosted by the UAS Cluster...
Vigilant Aerospace Discussing the Development of Droneports at Upcoming Seminar
Vigilant Aerospace Systems is joining unmanned aircraft systems professionals, drone service providers, economic development professionals, and entrepreneurs at the upcoming DronePort Network Seminar on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in Salina, Kansas. Vigilant Aerospace...
Vigilant Aerospace’s CEO Joins Panel on the Impact of Droneports on the UAS Industry at 2019 UAS Tech Forum
Vigilant Aerospace Systems is honored to be invited to join industry professionals in a panel discussion titled “Droneports, Redefining the UAS Industry” at the upcoming 2019 UAS Tech Forum event in Salina, Kansas on Thursday, August 22nd. The 2019 UAS...
Video: Central Role of Safety Systems in Droneport Development – Solving the Airspace Management Problem
Vigilant Aerospace was a sponsor and presenter at the recent DronePort Network Seminar “Unlocking the Potential in Your Community” produced by the DronePort Network as an AUVSI 2019 XPONENTIAL co-located event in Chicago, IL on April 29th. Vigilant...
Vigilant Aerospace Presenting Airspace Management for Droneports at 2019 AUVSI XPONENTIAL Event
Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ CEO Kraettli Epperson is making a presentation titled “The Central Role of Flight Safety Systems and Airspace Management in Droneport Development,” at the upcoming Droneport Seminar on Monday, April 29. The Droneport...
Vigilant Aerospace Joins UAS Professionals at Upcoming Emerging Aviation Technology Conference
Vigilant Aerospace Systems will be joining unmanned aircraft systems industry professionals at the upcoming 2nd Annual Emerging Aviation Technology Conference hosted by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma this Thursday, April 18th in Durant, Oklahoma. The Emerging Aviation...
Vigilant Aerospace Chosen to Pitch at the 2018 Texas Digital Summit
Vigilant Aerospace Systems is joining leading technology innovators from Texas and surrounding areas at the 2018 Texas Digital Summit on December 5-6, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vigilant Aerospace Systems has been invited to participate in the Investor Office Hours...
Vigilant Aerospace Update from the IPP Frontlines – A DroneBiz Luncheon Presentation
Vigilant Aerospace Systems is excited to have the opportunity to present at the upcoming Drone Biz luncheon hosted by the Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Drone Biz provides a monthly luncheon featuring presentations from local companies and...
Vigilant Aerospace Uses FlightHorizon to Monitor Airspace for North Dakota UAS IPP Flight-Over-People with FAA Observation
Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc. has successfully participated in a ground-breaking unmanned aircraft flight that helps to pave the way for routine flights over people, a major milestone in the development of commercial drone regulations and the use of unmanned...
Droneport Network Holds First Meeting, Discusses Overcoming Common Obstacles to Launching New Programs
Vigilant Aerospace presented a seminar on overcoming obstacles to launching a droneport at the inaugural meeting of the new Droneport Network on Sept. 12, 2018. The meeting was a part of the UAS Tech Forum 2018, the flagship event of the US Small Business...
Vigilant Aerospace Presenting FlightHorizon Airspace Management for Integration Pilot Program Operations at Alaska “North to the Future” Event
Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ Integration Pilot Program (IPP) partners from the University of Alaska Fairbanks are launching their IPP operations with announcements on regulatory progress and presentations from IPP partners at the annual Alaska UAS Interest...
Event: Vigilant Aerospace Attends 2018 UAS Tech Forum
Vigilant Aerospace Systems recently sponsored and attended the UAS Tech Forum in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the annual event hosted by the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Cluster Initiative of Oklahoma and Kansas. The forum brings together industry, research, education,...
InterDrone 2018, Insights and Event Review
Vigilant Aerospace’s CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, served on two panels during InterDrone 2018. Our discussion on the panel, “The Future of Chips and Sensors Powering Next-Gen Drones,” on September 5, 2018, included a wide-ranging discussion of how we incorporate...
Video: “New Models for Integration of UAS Into the NAS: Airspace Management as a Service” – a 2018 UAS Summit & Expo Presentation
Vigilant Aerospace was a sponsor and presenter at the recent 2018 UAS Summit & Expo produced by UAS Magazine and held in Grand Forks, ND this past week. Vigilant Aerospace CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, presented “New Models for Integration of Unmanned Aircraft...
“Airspace Safety: Managing the Systems that Ensure Flight Safety in DronePort Environments,” Vigilant Aerospace Presenting at Inaugural Meeting of DronePort Network
Vigilant Aerospace will be the featured presenter at the inaugural meeting of the new DronePort Network, to be held at 2PM on Wednesday, September 12 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The DronePort Network is a new US trade organization designed to aid individuals and groups...
Vigilant Aerospace Presenting “New Models for Integration of UAS into the NAS” and Exhibiting at UAS Summit & Expo 2018
Vigilant Aerospace’s CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, will be making a presentation titled “New Models for Integration of UAS into the National Airspace” at the upcoming UAS Summit & Expo 2018 being held on August 20 to 22 in Grand Forks, ND. The...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Discussing Future of Drone Sensors, Chips and Artificial Intelligence for BVLOS Flights at InterDrone 2018
Vigilant Aerospace’s CEO will be discussing emerging sensor and processing technologies and artificial intelligence for beyond visual line-of-sight and autonomous drones on two different panels at the upcoming InterDrone 2018 conference. InterDrone is North...
Vigilant Aerospace Moderating Panel on Cybersecurity, Sponsoring, and Exhibiting at UAS Tech Forum 2018, September 12-13
Vigilant Aerospace will be moderating a panel on drones and cybersecurity and exhibiting at the upcoming UAS Tech Forum 2018 and has also announced a sponsorship of the event’s organizer, the US Small Business Administration’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems...
Vigilant Aerospace Speaking on Upcoming FLC Panel on Successful Federal Technology Transfer
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli L. Epperson will be serving on the upcoming panel, “OKC Tech Transfer Success Stories: Sourcing Technology from Federal Labs,” at the Federal Laboratories Consortium (FLC) Far West and Mid-Continent Regions Annual Meeting...
Video: How to Manage Integrated Airspaces: Real World Experiences Flying with NASA – a Drone Focus 2018 Presentation
We are honored to have been invited to speak at the 2018 Drone Focus conference in Fargo, North Dakota in front of 500+ UAS industry professionals this past week. Vigilant Aerospace CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson took to the main stage on May 30, 2018 – the first day...
New BVLOS Flights Anticipated as Vigilant Aerospace Teams Up with Two UAS Integration Pilot Program Participants
Vigilant Aerospace has been selected to provide detect-and-avoid and airspace safety systems using our FlightHorizon product to two Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (UIPP) participants, selected and announced yesterday by the FAA. The two...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Presentation at XPONENTIAL 2018: Emerging UAS Tech to Enable Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight and Safe Airspace Integration
Vigilant Aerospace would like to thank everyone who attended our Solutions Theater presentation on “Emerging Technology and Solutions for UAS Airspace Integration and Active Detect-and-Avoid to Enable Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Flight” last week at AUVSI...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Selected as a Featured Speaker at 2018 Drone Focus
Vigilant Aerospace CEO, Kraettli Epperson has been selected to present one of a limited number of “TED talk”-style presentations on the main stage at the upcoming 2018 Drone Focus Conference in Fargo, North Dakota on Wednesday, May 30th and Thursday, May...
Vigilant Aerospace Joining the Oklahoma Aerospace Industry at “AERO Oklahoma Advocacy Day” at State Capitol
Vigilant Aerospace is joining Oklahoma aviation and aerospace professionals at the upcoming “AERO Oklahoma Advocacy Day” at the Oklahoma State Capitol on April 24, 2018. The event is organized by the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, a commission appointed...
Upcoming Presentation at XPONENTIAL 2018: Emerging Technology and Solutions for UAS Airspace Integration and Active Detect-and-Avoid to Enable BVLOS Flight
Vigilant Aerospace will be presenting at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2018 on the first day of the conference, Tuesday, May 1 at 3:30 PM at the Solutions Theater in the XPO Hall. AUVSI XPONENTIAL is the world’s largest trade show for unmanned systems. The company’s...
NASA Publishes Paper at the 2018 AIAA SciTech Forum on BVLOS Flight Testing of FlightHorizon Detect-and-Avoid System
NASA has published a new research paper on the beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight testing and nearly 350 flight encounters carried out on the FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid and situational awareness system. The research paper, titled “µADS-B Detect and Avoid...
R&D 100 Conference Presentation Video Available – “Commercializing Federal R&D: Secrets to Startup Success”
In November 2017, Vigilant Aerospace had the pleasure of making a joint presentation with NASA Armstrong at the R&D 100 Conference in Orlando, Florida. The presentation, titled “Commercializing Federal R&D: Secrets to Startup Success,” discussed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Vigilant Aerospace to Speak on The Future of Industry Innovation at UTM 2016
Vigilant Aerospace CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, will be a featured panelist at the upcoming Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) 2016 conference in Syracuse, NY on November 9, 2016. The conference, in its second year, is organized by NASA and the unmanned aviation industry...
Vigilant Aerospace Presenting at INNOTECH Oklahoma Beta Summit
Vigilant Aerospace is presenting at the upcoming 11th Annual INNOTECH Oklahoma Conference Beta Summit sponsored by InterWorks, Inc. on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 in Oklahoma City. INNOTECH is Oklahoma’s largest business and technology expo featuring Keynote...
Vigilant Aerospace to Demo FlightHorizon Detect-and-Avoid at the 2016 Innovation Conference & Showcase
On Thursday, October 13th, Vigilant Aerospace will join over 600 innovation experts, technologist, and industry executives at the Innovation Conference & Showcase (IC&S) in Houston, Texas. The event features high-tech startups in information technology,...
Vigilant Aerospace to Present at Houston Technology Collaboration Center Remote Sensing Technologies Event
Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, is participating in a panel discussion at the upcoming Technology Collaboration Center Remote Sensing Technologies event at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on October 12, 2016. The event, sponsored...
Vigilant Aerospace Presenting at the Accelerate the Heartland Venture Pitch
Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, is participating in the Venture Pitch segment of the premier Accelerate the Heartland event in Wichita, Kansas on October 5th, 2016. The event features Keynote Speaker Victor W. Hwang, Vice President of...
Vigilant Aerospace CEO joins UAS Tech Forum as a Speaker Alongside NASA and Oklahoma Gov. Fallin
Vigilant Aerospace CEO, Kraettli Epperson, is joining Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and NASA as a speaker at the upcoming UAS TechForum to be hosted in Oklahoma City next week. The Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Forum is a full day seminar featuring presentations from...
Commercializing a NASA Technology for Detect-and-Avoid
Drone Beyond-Line-of-Sight Demand Drives Growth Opportunity for Detect-and-Avoid Avionics At the recent Mindset and Methods of Open Innovation seminar on August 11, 2016, our CEO Mr. Kraettli Epperson, shared the origin story of Vigilant Aerospace Systems from a...
Vigilant Aerospace Presenting at Open Innovation Seminar “Mindset and Methods of Open Innovation”
Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, is presenting a workshop at the upcoming half-day seminar from 2:00 to 3:00 PM, on the Open Innovation process. The workshop will cover the “Integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) into National...
“A NASA Researcher, a Commercialization Expert, and an Investor walk into a bar…” – Vigilant Aerospace Presenting at UAS Tech Forum
Vigilant Aerospace is presenting on the commercialization of NASA technology in a panel session at the upcoming UAS Tech Forum in Oklahoma City organized by the UAS Cluster Initiative. CEO Kraettli Epperson will speak on a panel about the commercialization process...
Vigilant Aerospace Participating in AUVSI’s Startup Connection 2016 Event for UAS Tech Startups
Vigilant Aerospace Systems will be participating in the upcoming AUVSI Startup Connection, a one day event on Monday, July 18, 2016 for investors, startups, entrepreneurs, OEMs, & vendors. We will have a table and Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli L. Epperson will...