VIgilant Aerospace

Vigilant Aerospace Detect and Avoid

Vigilant Aerospace Detect and Avoid Drone Safety System Wins NASA’s Commercial Invention of the Year Award by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby This week, NASA announced that the technology licensed to Vigilant Aerospace and leveraged in its FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid and airspace management product has been recognized with NASA’s Commercial …

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Vigilant Provides Detect-and-Avoid for Medical Drone Deliver…

Source: Vigilant Aerospace UAS firm Vigilant Aerospace is helping Oklahoma State University’s medical drone delivery program achieve a new standard in safety for BVLOS flights. During a recent demonstration, the company’s FlightHorizon system provided air-traffic monitoring for OSU’s Unmanned Systems Research Institute. The project will deliver medical supplies and testing kits for …

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‘Oklahoma, Where the drones come flyin’ down the plain..’

Perhaps it’s time to modernize the classic titular song from the musical Oklahoma!: “Oklahoma, where the drones come flyin’ down the plain, Oklahoma, where FAA permits sure smell sweet”   Last month, Oklahoma State University teamed up with Vigilant Aerospace – provider of the FlightHorizon situational awareness and detect-and-avoid system …

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The Flying Object Fund Invests in Vigilant Aerospace

Image courtesy Vigilant Vigilant Aerospace, supplier of the FlightHorizon situational consciousness and detect-and-avoid system,  acquired a brand new funding this week from Kluz Ventures, by its industrial drone and robotics fund The Flying Object. Vigilant Aerospace’s product, FlightHorizon, is a situational consciousness and detect-and-avoid system for drone pilots, manned plane …

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Drone Industry Aids Red Cross in Hurricane Harvey Response

picture Defense.gov The FAA has issued a brief flight restriction (TFR) over the areas hit by Hurricane Harvey.  But the Red Cross unmanned plane response group, organized by skilled drone pictures firm PropellerHeadvertisements, is flying underneath an FAA COA in coordination with the Texas Air Operations Center and Unified Command …

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Another Step Towards BVLOS Flight: Vigilant Completes Testin…

NASA Senior Flight Engineer Dr. Ricardo Arteaga and Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson on-site for beyond line-of-sight testing at NASA Armstrong, Image courtesy Vigilant Oklahoma-based Vigilant Aerospace has completed successful beyond visual line- of-sight (BVLOS) flight testing of its new FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid collision avoidance system for drones at the NASA Armstrong …

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