Aerial Fire News

Napa County Seeking its Own Firefighting Helicopter

Napa County will go out to bid to see if it can add a water-dropping helicopter all its own before the heart of wildfire...

EHang Announces Completion of NFFE Testing for Firefighting Unmanned Vehicle

EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world's leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, today announced it has successfully...

Minden air tankers sit unused through another busy fire season

Mechanic Ed Welch is dismantling a dream, piece by piece. They are two BAE 146's, former commuter planes that long time pilot Len Parker...

Large Air Tanker to be Shared by Victoria and Queensland for Several Years

In a press release issued this week from the state of Victoria, the southern Australian state announced that the Victorian and Queensland Governments have...

American Aerospace Selects Blue Sky Network’s SkyLink Solution for Testing & Integration on the AiRanger™ UAS

Blue Sky Network’s SkyLink to Demonstrate C2 and BVLOS Capabilities for Long-Endurance Operations San Diego, CA, July 14, 2021 – Today, Blue Sky Network, industry...

Fuel shortage could hinder aerial attacks on wildfires

BOISE — Airport officials, including those in Northeastern Oregon, facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that...

Dauntless Air Enters 2021 Wildfire Season with Expanded Fleet of 15 Fire Bosses

With the largest and most technologically advanced Fire Boss fleet in the US, the aerial firefighting company will support wildfire operations for the Bureau...

2 firefighters, including fire chief, die in plane crash while surveying wildfire in Wikieup, Arizona

Two firefighters died in an aviation accident after their plane went down while surveying the Cedar Basin wildfire burning near Wikieup, Arizona, officials said on...

Lightning Grounds B.C Helicopters From Firefighting

The lightning storm that rolled through the B.C. Interior on Wednesday temporarily grounded helicopters fighting the Mckay Creek wildfire north of Lillooet. The BC Wildfire...

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