Getting to Work with CalFire When I headed out to California, my main goal was simple: get the new IGNIS … Read More
Field Notes: Airboats, Swamps, and Aerial Ignition with Florida Fish & Wildlife
Dates: April 28 – 30, 2026Location: FWC Training Facility, FloridaPartner: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)Equipment: IGNIS System, IGNIS … Read More
Drone Amplified’s IGNIS System at TNC Drone TREX
Empowering Field Crews with Tools for Prescribed Fire Drone Amplified’s Paul Fletcher recently joined The Nature Conservancy for the Drone … Read More
Popular Science Highlights the Role of Drone-Based Ignition in Fire Operations
How IGNIS is Changing Aerial Ignition Standards We are thrilled that Popular Science featured Drone Amplified in a new article. … Read More
Drone Amplified – Fighting Fire with Fire
In the last few years wildfires have been increasing in size and destruction. Drone Amplified is fighting back with an … Read More
GPS Technology on the Front Line in Firefighting Wildfires
J. David Grossman, Executive Director, GPS Innovation Alliance & Dr. Carrick Detweiler, Co-Founder & CEO, Drone Amplified America’s first responders … Read More
Drone Amplified: Tech Entrepreneurs Attack The Global Wildfire Challenge
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) … Read More
Drone Amplified Founder Elected to National Academy of Investors
Drone Amplified’s founder and CEO Carrick Detweiler has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors.NAI’s Senior … Read More
Bureau of Land Management 2020 UAS Report
BLM UAS crews flew 488 aerial ignition missions for just over 110 hours of total flight time in 2020. As … Read More