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 ...

Bend, Oregon - January 16, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Kawak Aviation Technologies Inc. is drawing renewed attention to its ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A boost from the federal government may be coming soon for aerial firefighters. Firefighting aircraft play a vital role in tackling wildfires in our state and across the country, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – California is reaching new heights in wildfire response, now operating 16 Fire Hawk helicopters—part of what state officials say is the largest civilian aerial firefighting ...

A generation ago, a spate of fatal crashes of planes and helicopters the Forest Service hired to fight wildfires spurred the agency to start having its own inspectors to make sure the aircraft could ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - TracPlus, a global leader in mission-critical intelligence for aerial firefighting, today announced its strategic partnership with CAL FIRE to launch the CAL FIRE Aviation Tracking ...

Fire-fighting pilots are some of the bravest folks around. This post on Reddit is incredible. Altitude alarms are screaming as the pilot opens a big scooper and fills up his plane. So much of the ...

They are more than 65 feet long, with a wingspan of roughly 93 feet; inside, only a pilot and co-pilot sit. The power and purpose of these planes come from their tanks, which hold 1,600 gallons of ...

LOS ANGELES, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TracPlus, the leading provider of mission-critical intelligence for aerial firefighting operations, today announced the launch of FireFlyte, a ...