Vigilant Aerospace has installed a FlightHorizon TEMPO airspace management system with multiple long-range radars and transponder receivers at the Oklahoma Air and Space Port as part of a multi-year project with the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics to develop a national testing site for autonomous aircraft and spacecraft.The project, awarded in early 2025, includes integration of multiple mobile airspace surveillance radars that track aircraft across thousands of square kilometers around the airport. The system provides automatic detect-and-avoid collision avoidance, real-time traffic display, and detailed traffic logging without requiring chase planes to accompany drone flights.Three DeTect air traffic surveillance radars have been installed to support the cloud-based system, with four additional radars awaiting setup. Current coverage spans approximately 5,000 square kilometers, with plans to expand to roughly 10,000 square kilometers.Doug Wood, state manager for Advanced Air Mobility at ODAA, called the deployment "a key milestone in building out the infrastructure required for a national proving ground for long-distance, autonomous flight testing."The system is also expected to support the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane, which is scheduled to begin flights from Clinton-Sherman Airport in 2027 under an agreement with Dawn Aerospace.Funding came from the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority through the Preserving Rural Economic Prosperity fund initiative. Beyond flight testing, the radar network could support search and rescue, disaster response, and infrastructure monitoring missions.Clinton-Sherman Airport, a former Strategic Air Command base that holds an FAA horizontal launch spaceport license, features one of the longest civilian-use runways in North America at more than 13,500 feet.

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Vigilant Aerospace has deployed a FlightHorizon TEMPO airspace management system with multiple long-range radars at the Oklahoma Air and Space Port in Burns Flat, advancing the state's push to develop a national testing site for autonomous aircraft and spacecraft.

Vigilant Aerospace installs airspace safety system at Oklahoma Air and Space Port

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