Commercial UAV News’s Juan Plaza sat down with Vigilant Aerospace Systems CEO Kraettli Epperson to discuss how the FAA’s proposed Part 108 operational rule will change technology’s relationship with aviation.
Plaza frames Part 108 as a shift away from legacy crewed rules that treat avionics as supporting equipment, and toward a BVLOS framework where technology becomes part of the regulated safety architecture, including “detect-and-avoid” (DAA), command-and-control (C2) link performance, remote operations centers, and required digital services.
Epperson pointed to the FAA’s use of performance-based requirements and industry consensus standards as a way to support innovation without forcing constant rule revisions, saying,
“We were very excited to see that the FAA adopted performance-based and standard-based guidelines in the Part 108 NPRM. It showed a willingness to help a highly technological industry to develop and flourish without running afoul of the regulations.”
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Vigilant Aerospace is the leading developer of multi-sensor detect-and-avoid and airspace management software for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS or drones). The company’s product, FlightHorizon, is based on two NASA patents and uses data from multiple sources to display a real-time picture of the air traffic around a UAS and to provide automatic avoidance maneuvers to prevent collisions. The software is designed to meet industry technical standards, to provide automatic safety and to allow UAS to safely fly beyond the sight of the pilot. The software has won multiple industry awards and the company has had contracts and users at NASA, the FAA, the U.S. Department of Defense and with a variety of drone development programs. Visit our website at www.VigilantAerospace.com