Rapid Aerial Attack
Autonomous heavy-lift response puts suppression payload on an ignition in the critical early window, day or night, in smoke, without risking a pilot.
Wildfires are growing larger, faster, and closer to communities. Detection today relies on lookouts, satellite passes, and 911 calls, while suppression relies on crews and manned aircraft that cannot fly at night, in smoke, or into terrain that puts lives at risk.
The result is that fires which could have been contained at a quarter acre become megafires. The mission demands a system that detects ignition early, responds immediately, and operates where and when humans cannot.
Autonomous heavy-lift response puts suppression payload on an ignition in the critical early window, day or night, in smoke, without risking a pilot.
Aerial surveillance spots ignitions, maps fire perimeters in real time, and tracks spread to inform evacuation and resource decisions.
Heavy-lift delivery of hose, pumps, fuel, water, and equipment to crews in terrain that would take hours to reach on foot.
xNav plans and manages multi-aircraft fire operations, so a small team can command a large response.
Several Powerus platforms fly this mission on one set of autonomy software and one ground control. Crews move between detection sorties, payload drops, and cargo runs in minutes.
Optimized for early warning and continuous monitoring through high-risk season. Extended endurance, thermal and IR package for hotspot identification, and real-time alerting to ground command.
Configured for rapid-response payload delivery. Up to 1,000 lb of water or retardant, precision GPS-guided drop, multiple sortie turnaround under 10 minutes, and full night and smoke operation.
Sling or bay loads move hose, pumps, fuel, water, and hand tools to crews in steep or inaccessible terrain, and reposition equipment between divisions.
First response onto new ignitions before they establish.
Payload delivery in darkness and low visibility.
Live boundary and spread prediction for incident command.
Monitoring and containment support during planned burns.
Hose, pumps, fuel, and water into steep or inaccessible terrain.
Targeted retardant around structures in the wildland-urban interface.
Patrol of transmission lines, substations, and rights-of-way.
Thermal scanning for rekindling hotspots after primary suppression.
Situational awareness and logistics for civilian evacuation.
Powerus fields one autonomous architecture across six missions, shared platforms, shared ground control, a single U.S. supply chain.
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