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Sikorsky and Rain demo autonomous flight in wildfire role

Sikorsky and Rain demo autonomous flight in wildfire role

18-Nov-2024Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) and Rain, a leader in autonomous aerial wildfire containment technology, successfully demonstrated how an autonomous Black Hawk® helicopter can be commanded to take off, identify the location and size of a small fire, and then accurately drop water to suppress the flames. Performed Oct. 29 at Sikorsky headquarters in... Read more

Rain and Sikorsky demo wildfire response with autonomous Black Hawk

Rain and Sikorsky demo wildfire response with autonomous Black Hawk

27-Feb-2024Source: Rain

Rain, a leader in aerial wildfire containment technology, and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company specializing in advanced rotorcraft, completed flight tests in late 2023 demonstrating how an autonomous helicopter carrying water can be quickly launched to suppress a wildland fire in its very early stage. Rain and Sikorsky collaborated to perform the integrated flight demonstrations at... Read more

Rain and Sikorsky Collaborate to Advance Capabilities for Aerial Firefighting

Rain and Sikorsky Collaborate to Advance Capabilities for Aerial Firefighting

10-Oct-2023Source: Rain

Rain, a leader in aerial wildfire containment technology, and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, announced at the UP.Summit a collaboration to explore how Sikorsky’s MATRIX™ autonomy suite operating with Rain’s Wildfire Mission Autonomy System can launch uncrewed helicopters to drop water on wildfires within minutes of detection. “Combining Sikorsky’s demonstrated mature vehicle autonomy system with Rain’s... Read more

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