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In the last few years wildfires have been increasing in size and destruction. Drone Amplified is fighting back with an aerial ignition system, this groundbreaking technology is safer, cheaper and more reliable and accessible. Watch … Read More

J. David Grossman, Executive Director, GPS Innovation Alliance & Dr. Carrick Detweiler, Co-Founder & CEO, Drone Amplified America’s first responders are battling a once-in-a-generation fight against wildfires. While communities in the American West have been … Read More

In 2020, wildfires scorched 45 million acres (18 million hectares) in Australia, and fifty-eight thousand wildfires burned 10.27 million acres (4.16 million hectares) in the United States. California suffered an estimated $100B total economic cost from wildfires in a single … Read More

Drone Amplified’s founder and CEO Carrick Detweiler has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. NAI’s Senior Member program recognizes early-stage innovators and inventors whose success in patents, licensing and commercialization … Read More

BLM UAS crews flew 488 aerial ignition missions for just over 110 hours of total flight time in 2020. As the map shows, IGNIS aerial ignition missions stretched from prescribed fire support in the Southeast … Read More

By Carrick Detweiler The end of summer means the heart of fire season for many Americans. You’ve probably read about a fire somewhere in the United States; so far this year, more than 43,000 fires … Read More

Our very own Simon Weibel was interviewed on the ground in California as part of the National Geographic story. The article said he “brought along a funnel-shaped attachment for the underside of a drone, a … Read More

Drone Amplified’s CEO Carrick Detweiler talks about how Drones play a pivotal role in fighting fires and how Drone Amplified’s IGNIS 2 is spearheading prescribed ignitions to fight fires throughout the US right now. Full … Read More