For Immediate Release: 09/09/2020 LINCOLN, NE – Drone Amplified, the company that’s pioneered wildfire fighting using drones, has contracted with the U.S. Forest Service to source and vet U.S.-made drones to fight wildfires with Drone … 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
The U.S. Forest Service has committed to reduce human flights in high-risk situations and move to Unmanned Aerial Systems where possible when using prescribed fires. “Prescribed fires are an essential tool for increasing landscape resiliency … Read More
A United States Department of Agriculture briefing paper on Unmanned Aircraft Systems aerial ignition operations has found that using a drone for prescribed burning costs approximately $1,800 a day compared to the $16,000 a day … Read More
Drone Amplified is featured in an article in Robotics Business Review titled “How Robots and Drones are Changing Rescue Operations”. The article highlights how new systems are helping to make emergency response less dangerous and … Read More
Drone Amplified is working with a former lead Tesla engineer and his company as he seeks to develop a “super drone” capable of carrying a payload of up to 75 pounds and staying airborne for … Read More
Drone Amplified has won the NUtech Ventures Startup Company of the Year award at the Innovator Celebration event in Lincoln, Nebraska, last month. As a nonprofit affiliate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NUtech commercializes intellectual … Read More
