The FAA’s proposed beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) rule marks a historic shift toward routine uncrewed aircraft operations in national airspace. The filing reflects direct FAA involvement in BVLOS policy, standards development, and operational safety systems....
Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli L. Epperson contributed a guest article to UAS Magazine examining how the United States is entering a critical phase in the integration of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace. The article is framed around...
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...
Vigilant Aerospace’s CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, has been selected as one of 89 members nationwide of the new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) writing recommended rules to allow small uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS or...
Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ CEO, Kraettli L. Epperson, recently spoke to Dale Denwalt [Dale on Twitter] at the The Oklahoman about the development of autonomous systems and the market opportunity for commercial drones in the state of Oklahoma. Some highlights...
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 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 Systems participated with Oklahoma State University (OSU) today in the first beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone flights authorized under a new, unique FAA Certificate of Authorization (COA) allowing flights in a 13-mile long corridor in...
The North Dakota UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP) Team has announced that it will focus on techniques and technologies that enable safe, routine flights over people, night operations and flights beyond visual line of sight according to a new statement from the...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have announced the Integration Pilot Program Lead Participants (or “Lead Participants”) for the UAS Integration Pilot Program (UIPP). We were excited to announce this...
Vigilant Aerospace is developing a version of FlightHorizon GCS, currently dubbed “FlightHorizonX,” that has been modified to support enhanced ADS-B transponders designed for supersonic aircraft and spacecraft tracking by NASA Armstrong Flight Research...
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...
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...
