Satellites and Drone Swarms: The New High-Tech Quest to Fight Wildfires

Satellites and drone swarms: The new high-tech quest to fight wildfires

As the Fish Creek Fire burned through thousands of hectares in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest, the team in charge of managing the blaze put in a...

Drone swarms and AI take aim at stopping wildfires in 10 minutes

Fifteen teams have advanced to the semifinal round of XPRIZE’s $5 million Autonomous Wildfire Response Track, moving one step closer to proving that autonomous systems can detect and extinguish wildfires within 10 minutes across 1,000 square kilometers of challenging terrain. Part of a four-year, $11 million global competition launched in 2023, the initiative seeks to spur breakthroughs in rapid-response firefighting technology as climate-driven…