Is BlueHalo’s VigilantHalo a C2 game changer?: Weapon of the week

Ryan Robertson

ONE OF THE BUZZ TERMS YOU HEAR A LOT AT MILITARY CONFERENCES IS COMMAND AND CONTROL. FOR TROOPS IN THE FIELD, HAVING A CENTRALIZED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT CAN PERFORM A LAUNDRY LIST OF THE THINGS THEY NEED DONE IS CRUCIAL. ENTER OUR WEAPON OF THE WEEK, VIGILANT-HALO.

THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE, IT PASSES THE EYE TEST. 

IT LOOKS COOL. BUT BEYOND THE SURFACE LIES SOME SERIOUS TECH, READY FOR A HOST OF SERIOUS JOBS. 

BUILT BY BLUE-HALO, VIGILANT-HALO OFFERS A REAL-TIME COMMAND AND CONTROL OPTION FOR OPERATORS IN THE FIELD. 

IT’S CAPABLE OF DELIVERING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL…

AS WELL AS BEYOND VISUAL LINE-OF-SIGHT DRONE OPERATIONS…  

AND COUNTER-DRONE DETECTION FOR MILITARY, FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL APPLICATIONS. 

BLUE-HALO’S C-O-O, TRIP FERGUSON, SAYS ITS A CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO PUT AS MUCH CONTROL AS POSSIBLE INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE CLOSEST TO THE ACTION.

Trip Ferguson, COO BlueHalo

“Vigilant-Halo is a vision of, how do we create a common operating picture for our war fighters to be able to control airspace in unique ways? We have very, very sophisticated technology that allows that to come into kind of one interface.” 

Ryan Robertson

BUT WHAT IF TIME, CIRCUMSTANCE AND SIMPLE LOGISTICS MAKE GETTING THE VEHICHLE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE IMPRACTICAL? BLUE-HALO’S SENIOR DIRECTOR, STEPHEN LLOYD SAYS THATY’VE GOT THAT COVERED. 

Stephen Lloyd. Senor Director, BlueHalo

“You might not have room for a truck on the back of an airplane or helicopter, but you can certainly get it out there in a pelican case or a laptop. But this also gives us the capability to make everything that’s out there a sensor. So if you’ve got this is all scalable and can be networked together and then talk to other domains that are already out there with a multitude of other sensors.”

Ryan Robertson

WITH LESSONS BEING LEARNED EVERY DAY IN UKRAINE, THE ABILITY TO PROTECT  TROOPS FROM DRONE ATTACKS IS A PROBLEM IN NEED OF MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS. FERGISON SAYS THEIR PRODUCT PROVIDES THAT.

Trip Ferguson, COO BlueHalo

  “We don’t have the redundancy we need as a nation either here before deployed to be able to operate in clear airspace in really complex situations. With the evolving unmanned system threat of the world today, that capability is more important than ever, and we hope to be able to demonstrate that capability and make it available to more folks.”

Ryan Robertson

AS EACH BRANCH OF THE MILITARY CONTINUES TO REORGANIZE AND RESTRUCTURE IN THE FACE OF A GROWING THREAT FROM CHINA, LLOYD SAYS VIGILANT-HALO IS BUILT FOR DEPLOYMENTS TO AUSTRE AND REMOTE LOCATIONS. 

 Stephen Lloyd. Senor Director, BlueHalo

“It’s got to be very durable and reliable. It’s got to work every time, and you got to be able to pick it up and move it if the bad guys find out where you’re at, you’ve got to be able to go so that’s got incredible versatility.”