Texas A&M System to Lead $59.8M Autonomous Helicopter Wildfire Response Initiative

New AI helicopters could revolutionize wildfire battles in Texas

Texas could be one of the first states to use the technology.

Texas A&M System to Lead $59.8M Autonomous Helicopter Wildfire Response Initiative

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas Legislature recently appropriated $59.8 million for the Texas A&M University System’s George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex to develop a way to use pilotless Blackhawk helicopters to combat wildfires. The project is intended to revolutionize how Texas responds to the wildfires that ravage the state every year. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, selected the Texas A&M System to …