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 […]

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Vigilant Aerospace Systems is proud to be recognized as one of the “most active and relevant players in the drone industry” by Drone Industry Insights (DRONEII) as a part of the recently published 2018 Drone Market Environment Map. The company is listed as one of the 22 most influential providers of flight planning software for […]

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NASA has published a new research paper on the beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight testing and nearly 350 flight encounters carried out on the FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid and situational awareness system. The research paper, titled “µADS-B Detect and Avoid Flight Tests on Phantom 4 Unmanned Aircraft System” has been accepted for publication by the prestigious American Institute […]

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