Drone
Our AX drone is a large fixed-wing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) optimised for forest fire fighting.
It is designed to operate as a small swarm of loyal wingman drones in combination with manned aircraft for fire fighting.
This allows the fire to be extinguished more quickly, in a very cost and resource efficient manner, with the highest risk tasks being carried out by the unmanned drones.
It can also operate autonomously, providing live multi-spectral imagery to experts on the ground and receiving fire fighting instructions from a remote ground station.
We offer the advantage of 24/7 swarm operation, allowing continuous water drops on fires, day and night.
This not only increases firefighting efficiency, but also eliminates the risk to pilots who would otherwise be exposed to dangerous conditions next to fire and smoke.
The Swiss engineering company Ray Research AG is centrally coordinating the AX development for a network of partners.
The AX drone has a specific design for the specific tasks of forest fire / vegetation fire / bush fire fighting.
