Vigilant Aerospace Developing FlightHorizonX for Tracking and Safety of Supersonic Aircraft and Spacecraft

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 Center. The modified version of FlightHorizon is designed around the higher data rates and other transponder modifications being made to the experimental supersonic transponder being developed and tested at NASA Armstrong. The transponder and new version of FlightHorizon are being developed and tested in order to help the FAA to establish a new operating standard for supersonic

FlightHorizon Compatible Hardware List Now Available

Vigilant Aerospace has published a new list of hardware that is known to be compatible with our FlightHorizon product line, particularly for unmanned aircraft detect-and-avoid purposes and for general airspace management and situational awareness. This list is intended to make it easier for subscribers to a FlightHorizon product to select hardware that is compatible with our products. The list includes ADS-B receivers and transponder kits and provides a quick reference list of devices, some basic information about each, and a link to learn more and purchase the device. This list will

Vigilant Aerospace Joining the Oklahoma Aerospace Industry at “AERO Oklahoma Advocacy Day” at State Capitol

Vigilant Aerospace is joining Oklahoma aviation and aerospace professionals at the upcoming “AERO Oklahoma Advocacy Day” at the Oklahoma State Capitol on April 24, 2018. The event is organized by the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, a commission appointed by the state’s governor. Vigilant Aerospace will have a booth in the state capitol building rotunda and we invite you visit us for a quick discussion about your unmanned aircraft operations, for materials on our products and to view video demonstrations of our FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid and airspace management products. “AERO Oklahoma Advocacy Day” is

Upcoming Presentation at XPONENTIAL 2018: Emerging Technology and Solutions for UAS Airspace Integration and Active Detect-and-Avoid to Enable BVLOS Flight

Vigilant Aerospace will be presenting at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2018 on the first day of the conference, Tuesday, May 1 at 3:30 PM at the Solutions Theater in the XPO Hall. AUVSI XPONENTIAL is the world’s largest trade show for unmanned systems. The company’s CEO and co-founder, Kraettli L. Epperson will be presenting “Emerging Technology and Solutions for UAS Airspace Integration and Active Detect-and-Avoid to Enable Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Flight” as part of the event’s Solutions Theater program featuring new technologies and products for the autonomous systems industry. Emerging Technology and

FlightHorizon Selected by NASA Commercial Supersonic Technology Program 2018-2019 for Airspace Situational Awareness, Flight Logging

FlightHorizon COMMANDER has been selected by the Commercial Supersonic Technology (CST) 2018-2019 development program at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center to provide airspace situational awareness and detailed flight logging of research flights. FlightHorizon COMMANDER and FlightHorizon GCS Working Together for Wider Data Collection, Safety NASA has opted for a multi-station configuration with a FlightHorizon COMMANDER server and multiple FlightHorizon GCS workstations. The FlightHorizon COMMANDER server is typically used as an overall airspace situational awareness, command station and centralized logging server at a command and control station. FlightHorizon COMMANDER server installations

Spike Aerospace is in Budapest at the think.BDPST Conference | Spike Aerospace

Skip to content Spike Aerospace is in Budapest at the think.BDPST Conference Vik Kachoria is in Budapest for the think.BDPST conference on innovation. He will be speaking on “Supersonic Flight: Innovation, Impact and Opportunity”. Hungary has expertise in material science, machining, composite manufacturing and high-performance small aircraft. This makes the region of particular interest in nascent technologies used in supersonic aircraft. Combine its technologies with Central Europe’s ideal location connecting United States, Europe, Russia and the Far East. Related Share This - Choose Your Platform: Related Posts Page load link

New FAA UAS Forecast Shows Big Growth in Commercial sUAS, Suggests Need for 300K More Remote Pilots

The FAA has released its latest Aerospace Forecast for 2018-2038 and the new forecast reports that the commercial sUAS market is growing faster than expected with more than 110,604 commercial sUAS registered by the end of 2017. Last year, we forecasted that the non-model sector would comprise approximately 108,000 aircraft in 2017, a growth rate exceeding 150% from the base of 42,000 in 2016. Actual data indicate there were 110,604 UAS registered at the end of 2017 In addition, the FAA expects the growth of the commercial sector to continue

Spike Aerospace Predicts Supersonic Market Exceeds 13 Million+ Annually | Spike Aerospace

Skip to content Spike Aerospace Predicts Supersonic Market Exceeds 13 Million+ Annually “Supersonic flights could be enjoyed by over 13 million passengers annually when flights begin in 2025,” according to Vik Kachoria, CEO & President of Spike Aerospace. “While supersonic aircraft might be ushered in by the wealthy, they will ultimately benefit anyone who wants and needs to get to their destinations faster. This is going to make the world smaller and easier to access, so passengers can personally experience and enjoy all the world offers.” To forecast demand for

Inside an Expanding EdTech Company

Why the CEO of a pioneering firm assembled a brand-new leadership team.   PANEL DISCUSSION | moderated by Victor Rivero Jamie Candee is relentless in her pursuit to put the educator first in everything that her online teaching and learning company does. So it follows that Jamie, recently featured as one of the Top 100 Influencers in EdTech by EdTech Digest, would expand her executive team with industry experts and educators: Marcus Lingenfelter, Senior VP of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships; Karen Barton, Ph.D., Senior VP of Research and Design; Jason

Latest UAS Sightings Report from the FAA Indicates Dramatic Increase in Encounters

The FAA has released the most recent UAS Sightings Reports covering January 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017. The report indicates an increase of 99% in the average number of daily encounters reported between manned and unmanned aircraft in 2017 versus the 2015 reporting period. The UAS Sightings reports were first released by the FAA beginning in November 2014 and each successive reporting period has continued to show a significant increase in the number of encounters between manned and unmanned aircraft in the US national airspace: Reporting Period Total # of

Vigilant Aerospace CEO Quoted in Crunchbase Article: “21 Early-Stage Drone Companies To Watch Out For (Literally)”

The latest article on the unmanned aircraft industry in Crunchbase quotes Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli L. Epperson in the first few lines. The article, “21 Early-Stage Drone Companies To Watch Out For (Literally),” cites the company’s expertise in providing immediate safety and airspace management for emergency response: Over the past eight years, drone companies have raised a known total of nearly $1.76 billion dollars, with almost $500 million of that funding being raised in 2017 and $96.6 million being raised since the beginning of 2018. According to Crunchbase data, 67 percent

FlightHorizon Used by NASA and DLR in Flights over Germany for Airspace Safety, Flight Logging and Real-Time Flight Formation

FlightHorizon was recently selected and used to provide airspace management, safety, detailed flight logging, and real-time flight formation management for the “NASA-DLR Multidisciplinary Airborne Experiment” (ND-MAX) research flights headed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in partnership with the German Aerospace Agency (DLR). The flights were conducted from Ramstein Airbase in Germany and involved detailed airborne fuel emissions collection and analysis. FlightHorizon allowed the researchers to track and maintain close flight formation to ensure safety and to produce detailed flight logs to analyze exact locations and distances between