Drone America to Scale its Autonomous Air Tanker Concepts
Drone America, Unmanned Systems Manufacturer, to Scale its Autonomous Air Tanker Concepts
Strategic alliance with Thrush Aircraft anticipated to yield unmanned solutions to airborne wildfire...
Dronefly.com Introduces an Infographic for Firefighting Drone Use Applications
Dronefly, a leader in commercial drone solutions has been working alongside officials to identify and develop solutions for fire fighting and rescue operations. Our...
California Wildfires (Part 2): How 360 drone panoramics become a first-responder tool
By Greg Crutsinger, Drone Scholars
I had some time to think in between the two dozen drone flights it took to map the Coffey Park...
California Wildfires (Part 1): Mapping the hardest hit neighborhood
By Greg Crutsinger, Drone Scholars
I’m not a disaster drone guy. I am actually an ecologist by training.
I started in the drone industry because...
Mapbox Releases New Map to Track Fires in Northern California and Across the U.S
Mapbox has published a new map to give people affected by the wildfires in Northern California and across the U.S. access to the most up to date...
MQ-9 UAS Used to Support Fire Fighting Efforts in Northern California
The California Air National Guard’s 163d Attack Wing operating out of March Air Reserve Base is using MQ-9 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), with full-motion...
NCDOT Reminds Drone Hobbyists: No Drones in Disaster Zones
As Hurricane Irma approaches, the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Division of Aviation is urging drone hobbyists not to fly while disaster relief and...
Insitu, FireWhat, Esri Join Forces in Fighting Wildfires With Eyes in the Sky
Insitu, a leading information services company with more than one million operational unmanned aircraft systems flight hours, today announced its partnership with FireWhat, and...
NOAA Picks Black Swift Technologies’ sUAS for Nighttime Fire Observation eXperiment (NightFOX)
Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, CO, announced today that their small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS), SuperSwiftTM, has been...
Wildfire Burning Drone Props NOT Turning
There is a very disturbing trend in our industry that we, as responsible operators need to address in the most expeditious way possible. The...