Rain Industries Demonstrates Automated Wildfire Initial Attack

Rain’s aircraft integration kit interfaced with the Genesys autopilot on the Black Hawk.

Credit: Rain Industries
With the goal of developing “fire sprinklers for the forest,” U.S. startup Rain Industries has demonstrated the capability for automated rapid initial wildfire attack by remotely commanding a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter via satellite. The demonstration advances Rain’s plans to establish a...
Graham Warwick

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