Nebraska Startup Company Developed Drone LINCOLN, Neb. — Fighting fire with fire-technology developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s drone lab recently helped crews fight a major wildfire. In mid-July, Jim … Read More
Drones & Fire: A Conversation with the DOI’s Steve Stroud
A conversation with Stroud, DOI Office of Aviation Services Unmanned Aircraft Systems Fleet Manager 1) What is your background in wildland fire? I have spent the last 22 years in … Read More
New Incendiary Ping-pong Balls Dropped by Drones Tested on Local Wildfires
Ignis Fights Through Dense Haze While Tested in Klondike Fire Lifting off above the Klondike fire, a specially designed drone that sounds like a mosquito on steroids disappears quickly into … Read More
The Energy 202: The Next Wildfire Season Starts Soon…
The Government Wants to Use Drones to Fight It Last summer, one of the many fires with which federal and local officials had to contend raged in the Umpqua National … Read More