Avionics
Rain and Sikorsky Collaborate on Autonomous Firefighting Helicopters
Uncrewed Black Hawk will be used to demonstrate rapid fire response

Sikorsky’s Matrix autonomy suite is being tested with Rain’s wildfire mission autonomy system to launch uncrewed firefighting helicopters within minutes of fire detection. Rain will upload mission commands to an uncrewed Sikorsky Black Hawk.

Rain integrates with early wildfire detection networks to rapidly dispatch autonomous aircraft and significantly improve fire response times. The company has long advocated for pre-positioning autonomous aircraft in remote locations to mitigate wildfire risks with the ability to rapidly respond to ignitions in hard-to-access regions in varied terrain.

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