Vigilant Aerospace Supports North Dakota Emergency Preparedness Through UND Aerospace Partnership
A radar trailer supporting FlightHorizon TEMPO at the recent exercise in Williston, North Dakota Vigilant Aerospace Systems brought real-time airspace awareness to a coordinated public safety exercise in Williston, North Dakota, on Sept. 29–30, 2026, using...
Media: Vigilant Aerospace Named as Top 4 Robotics and Automation Company in Fast Company’s 2026 Next Big Things in Tech Awards
Vigilant Aerospace Systems has been named one of the world’s most promising four Robotics and Automation companies in Fast Company’s 2026 Next Big Things in Tech awards The recognition highlights FlightHorizon PILOT, the company’s onboard safety and collision...
Event: Vigilant Aerospace CEO To Participate in Panel Discussion on BVLOS Regulation at UAS Summit & Expo
Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson will participate in the beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) panel session, “Enabling Routine BVLOS Operations: Regulation, Detect-and-Avoid, and Airspace Integration,” at the UAS Summit & Expo 2026 in Grand...
Vigilant Aerospace Advances Onboard Radar for FlightHorizon PILOT
Vigilant Aerospace Systems has completed another series of ground and flight tests focused on improving airborne radar tracking for its FlightHorizon PILOT-M onboard detect-and-avoid system. FlightHorizon PILOT-M uses a direct connection to the autopilot for ownship...
Announcement: FlightHorizon ALERT Provides Low-Infrastructure Airspace Awareness for Airports and Critical Sites
Vigilant Aerospace Systems has launched the FlightHorizon™ ALERT service, an easy-to-use, fully managed airspace awareness and alerting system for general aviation airports, critical infrastructure and any facility that...
Announcement: Vigilant Aerospace Demonstrates Onboard Detect-and-Avoid with New FlightHorizon PILOT Developments and Flight Tests
Vigilant Aerospace has announced a new round of flight tests and real-world demonstrations of its FlightHorizon PILOT onboard detect-and-avoid (DAA) system, including new features and functions. The flights have included testing of a...
Media: Techne Connect Podcast Features Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson
In a recent episode of the Techne Connect podcast, Joe Reed spoke with Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO and co-founder Kraettli L. Epperson about his path from early internet startups to building aviation safety technology for autonomous aircraft. Epperson described a...
Announcement: Vigilant Aerospace Deploys Airspace Safety System with Radars at Oklahoma Air & Space Port
Radar detecting aircraft at Clinton-Sherman Airport, supporting FlightHorizon TEMPO’s comprehensive view of the surrounding airspace. BURNS FLAT, OK March 31st, 2026 — Vigilant Aerospace has installed a FlightHorizon TEMPO airspace management system with...
Media: What Would The World Miss if Vigilant Aerospace Systems Didn’t Exist?
Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli L. Epperson spoke with DroneScript about what the autonomous aviation industry would miss if Vigilant Aerospace did not exist. The article makes the case that Vigilant helped turn autonomous safety from a collection of sensors into a...
Announcement: Vigilant Aerospace Awarded Contract to Advance Civilian Version of Onboard Detect-and-Avoid System for Uncrewed Aircraft
Oklahoma City, OK (2026) – Vigilant Aerospace Systems has been awarded a new $1M year-long project to develop a civilian version of the company’s award-winning onboard collision avoidance system for drones. The onboard “detect-and-avoid” (DAA) system...
Announcement: Vigilant Aerospace Demonstrates FlightHorizon TEMPO for Military UAS Training at UND Aerospace
Vigilant Aerospace Systems demonstrated FlightHorizon TEMPO, its airspace management system, integrating with surveillance radar and other sensors in support of military drone flights during a recent demonstration at UND Aerospace’s Gorman Field. The July 16...
Analysis: Safety in numbers – Standards-compliant multi-sensor detect-and-avoid
I’ve listened to many customers describe the type of Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) needs they have for their concept of operations (ConOps), usually pausing to ask about their existing knowledge of DAA and generally hearing responses that are informed by “industry knowledge.” While most of the community working in the uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) industry is well-informed, there are recurring themes that would benefit from the subtle distinction about what is, and importantly, what is not DAA.
Media: Vigilant Aerospace Selected for US Air Force EWAAC Contract as Preferred Vendor for Uncrewed Airspace Management
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