To the untrained eye, it did not look like a particularly complicated mission. A large black quadcopter drone, more than two ...

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Every year, wildfires in the American West grow more intense, yet aerial firefighting remains hamstrung by a decades-old limitation: aircraft cannot operate safely in darkness or heavy smoke. This ...

A US startup has secured funding to scale the production of its autonomous firefighting drone technology to tackle rising wildfire incidents. Seattle-based Seneca is developing the first fully ...

When a photographer donated two drones to Cal Fire’s San Benito-Monterey Unit in 2021, the act of generosity launched a drone program that would break records and save lives. A team of Cal Fire drone ...

Seneca says its drones can fight fighters autonomously. Credit: Seneca Seneca, a startup developing firefighting drones, raised a $60 million venture capital round to increase production of its UAV ...

Aug. 23—COLLEGE STATION — A helicopter delivering water to the 150-acre Barth Fire in Caldwell County almost collided with a drone that came within feet of the aircraft Friday, Aug. 18. Drones are a ...

Among the flood of Ukrainian defense start-ups, one stands out to both its supporters and its critics: the drone maker Fire Point. By Andrew E. Kramer Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine If Silicon Valley ...