Spacepreneur has published new coverage of the radar infrastructure supporting Vigilant Aerospace Systems’ FlightHorizon TEMPO airspace management system at the Infinity One Oklahoma Spaceport in western Oklahoma.
The article highlights the deployment and configuration of additional radar infrastructure for the facility. The network includes DeTect HARRIER surveillance radars integrated with FlightHorizon TEMPO to support beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations and advanced air mobility (AAM) development.
FlightHorizon TEMPO provides a cloud-hosted airspace management system for monitoring cooperative and non-cooperative aircraft across thousands of square kilometers. The system integrates radar and other aircraft tracking data into a live airspace display. It also provides trajectory predictions, conflict alerts and detect-and-avoid capabilities for long-range autonomous flight operations.
The Spacepreneur article features comments from Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli L. Epperson describing the operational system and its role in supporting large UAS development, autonomous space launch activity and other advanced aviation operations at the spaceport.
The radar deployment is part of a broader effort supported by the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics, Infinity One Oklahoma Spaceport and the Oklahoma Preserving Rural Economic Prosperity Fund. The expanding network is intended to provide the surveillance infrastructure needed for advanced aircraft testing and future operational flights in western Oklahoma.
Read the full article from Spacepreneur here.
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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