PODCAST: Kraettli Epperson of Vigilant Aerospace on why droneports make sense before widespread UAS operations

Our lat­est pod­cast episode is live! This week, we were delight­ed to be joined by Kraet­tli Epper­son, CEO of Vig­i­lant Aero­space.

In this episode, Kraet­tli tells us more about Vig­i­lant Aero­space and the work it does, before going into more detail about the cre­ation of droneports; who is behind them and why they make sense first, before wide­spread UAS oper­a­tions across urban and rur­al areas.

Kraet­tli talks about the tech­ni­cal, reg­u­la­to­ry and oper­a­tional con­sid­er­a­tions, before shar­ing more about Vig­i­lan­t’s recent projects with the Skyway36 droneport in Tul­sa, Okla­homa and the US Air Force Research Lab­o­ra­to­ry. And final­ly, he gives us a broad overview of the cur­rent state of uncrewed air­craft tech­nol­o­gy.

Click on the Play but­ton below to lis­ten to the episode, which is also avail­able on whichev­er pod­cast plat­form you use.