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Rain’s wildfire intelligence enables autonomous aircraft to join the firefight.
Autonomous wildfire intelligence
Rain’s technology is built to help fire agencies more rapidly suppress wildfires during the earliest stages of ignition. By adapting existing military and civil autonomous aircraft with the intelligence to perceive, understand, and suppress wildfires, Rain enables numerous aircraft to be prepositioned in remote locations resulting in accelerated response time.
The Rain Wildfire Mission Autonomy System includes software components for wildfire mission management, path planning, fire perception, suppression strategy, suppressant targeting, and subcomponents for integrating with aircraft autonomy systems, infrared and visual spectrum cameras, inertial navigation, GPS and other sensors, and automated suppressant deployment equipment.
Wildfire and Climate Change
From the devastation in Maui and Canada to the scorched Mediterranean, wildfires exacerbated by record-breaking heat and extreme winds continue to wreak havoc on communities, environments and economies, resulting in total annualized costs averaging $348 billion per year in the U.S. alone. What’s more, wildfire smoke continues to grow as a considerable health hazard. With extreme wildfires estimated to rise 14% by 2030, the collective problem is only getting worse. New technology, and new partnerships, are called for.