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
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
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
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 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
