
Jeffrey Baxter
Sr. Director of Research & Development at Erickson Incorporated
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Erickson, Inc.
Developing an Optionally-Piloted 40,000 Pound Firefighting Drone
Night firefighting is a major key to managing damage due to forest fires. Our approach to aerial firefighting at night is to develop an advanced pilot-optional firefighting system based on our S-64 helicopter using airliner-grade avionics and sensor systems. Come learn about this new technology and how it is being developed at Erickson.