Drone Amplified is getting a lot of recognition for helping fight wildfires. Drone Amplified’s IGNIS product was recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Interior as one of 12 “Made in America” innovations. Drone Amplified, … Read More
Drone Amplified Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation
Nebraska Department of Economic Development Matches Grant Drone Amplified has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $224,999. The Nebraska Department of Economic Development has matched the grant … Read More
Interagency Unmanned Aircraft System Aerial Ignition Workshop
Ignis Receives Interim Approval by Feds An Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) aerial ignition payload was developed in the private sector by Drone Amplified and tested by OAS (on wildland fires) during the 2018 fire season … Read More
Department of the Interior Recognizes IGNIS Technology
Drone Amplified named Top Made in America Innovation IGNIS by Drone Amplified has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Interior as one of the 12 “Top Made in America” innovations. The technology will be used … Read More
Firefighting Drone Used in Recent Wildfire
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 Higgins, of Drone Amplified, took … 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 wildland fire, including working with … 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 the dense haze. Its mission: … Read More
Ignis Aerial Ignition Testing on Klondike Fires
Sorry, but your browser doesn’t support HTML5 video in the mp4 format. You’ll need to download the video in order to watch it. Published by the U.S. Department of the Interior on July 20, 2018. … 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 Forest in southwest Oregon, close to … Read More