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HELPING DRONES FIGHT WILDFIRES WITH AI SOFTWARE
Wildfires can get out of control extremely quickly. They require fast and careful monitoring to ensure they’re mapped correctly and thoroughly extinguished. As you can imagine, they’re also dangerous to even the best trained firefighters.
Firefighting drones are on the front lines of wildfire management. These drones can perform aerial reconnaissance to assess the extent and spread of wildfires. They can map wildfires through thermal imaging and analyze air quality to assess potential health risks. Some firefighting drones are even equipped with payload release systems to drop water or fire suppressant materials directly onto the wildfire.
COMMON CHALLENGES FACED BY FIREFIGHTING DRONES
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Battery life is always a challenge for drones that need to cover large geographic areas. Technology that can enhance flight duration and optimize flight patterns is critical to effective use of drones in wildfire management.
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Firefighting drones often operate near other manned aircraft such as helicopters and airplanes. Coordinating airspace can be extremely difficult and requires careful planning, constant communication, and a drone capable of adaptive flight patterns.
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Operating professional drones to fight wildfires requires a very high degree of skill to ensure proper navigation, sensor operation, and data interpretation.
OPTIMIZE MILITARY DRONE PERFORMANCE WITH AI
Smart Flight™ is the only solution capable of exponentially increasing wildfire monitoring time through software alone.
SMART FLIGHT™ BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTING DRONES
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Quick Deployment and Response to Emerging Wildfires: Smart Flight enables firefighting drones to be rapidly deployed without the need for skilled human operators on-site. This quick response time is crucial in the early stages of a fire, enabling drones to assess the situation promptly and provide real-time data to firefighting teams.
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Persistent Surveillance: Smart Flight allows drones to operate continuously for extended periods, providing persistent surveillance over the affected area. This continuous monitoring is essential for tracking the progression of the fire, identifying hotspots, and assessing the effectiveness of firefighting efforts.
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Energy-Efficient Operations: Smart Flight allows drones to optimize their flight paths, conserve energy, and adjust their operations based on real-time conditions, even allowing the drone to leverage energy from the hot rising hair of the wildfire itself. This energy efficiency is essential for prolonged and sustained firefighting efforts.
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Automated Airspace Deconfliction (coming soon): Smart Flight analyzes ADS-B* to automatically maintain separation between unmanned and manned firefighting assets. (*ADS-B allows both manned and unmanned aircraft to broadcast their GPS-derived position, altitude, and other relevant information in real-time. This allows pilots to make informed decisions to avoid conflicts and maintain safe separation distances.)