Satphones and GPS Enable Effective 'Initial Attack'
Credit: CONAIR
Centralizing airtanker command and control, then equipping aircraft with GPS and satellite telephone systems, has cut British Columbia's wildland firefighting costs by millions of dollars. The combination of dispatching efficiency and space-based technology has also translated to containing fires at...
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