Aerial Firefighting News

SpaceWatch Global • Torsten Kriening

FireSat Protoflight Captures First Wildfire Images, Advancing Global Fire Detection

The Earth Fire Alliance has unveiled the first wildfire images from its FireSat Protoflight satellite, marking a milestone in dedicated fire-detection missions. The thermal-infrared imagery showcases the satellite’s high-resolution, near-real-time detection capabilities to support global fire monitoring and accelerate response efforts.

2025-07-24T03:03:38.724345-07:00

Vertical Mag

Nagoya City Fire Bureau orders Airbus H160 for firefighting and SAR

2025-07-17T06:11:42.714603-07:00

FlightGlobal

Metrea Unveils Fireswift Dash 8-300 Firefighting Platform at RIAT

2025-07-19T04:28:32.158608-07:00

AeroTime

Manitoba Confirms Purchase of Three Next-Gen DHC-515 Firefighter Aircraft

2025-06-16T05:22:02.724659-07:00

Aerial Firefighting News Timeline

Wall Street Journal

Trump Pledges to Maintain Tesla and SpaceX Subsidies, Vows Support for U.S. Businesses President Trump said he will not strip government funding from Tesla and SpaceX, vowing to preserve large-scale subsidies for Musk’s ventures and urging broader support for all US businesses. He dismissed concerns over revoking benefits, calling for fair prosperity across the American corporate sector.

2025-07-24T07:53:11.093726-07:00

Trump Pledges to Maintain Tesla and SpaceX Subsidies, Vows Support for U.S. Businesses

SpaceWatch Global

FireSat Protoflight Captures First Wildfire Images, Advancing Global Fire Detection The Earth Fire Alliance has unveiled the first wildfire images from its FireSat Protoflight satellite, marking a milestone in dedicated fire-detection missions. The thermal-infrared imagery showcases the satellite’s high-resolution, near-real-time detection capabilities to support global fire monitoring and accelerate response efforts.

2025-07-24T03:03:38.724345-07:00

FireSat Protoflight Captures First Wildfire Images, Advancing Global Fire Detection

AerialFire

Cal Fire Breaks Ground at Ramona Base to Host New C-130H Airtanker Cal Fire will begin a major construction project next week at its Ramona Air Attack Base to upgrade runways, ramps and support facilities for one of its new C-130H firefighting tankers, dramatically bolstering the agency’s wildfire-response capabilities.

2025-07-22T05:25:01.800485-07:00

Cal Fire Breaks Ground at Ramona Base to Host New C-130H Airtanker

FlightGlobal

Metrea Unveils Fireswift Dash 8-300 Firefighting Platform at RIAT At the Royal International Air Tattoo, Metrea unveiled Fireswift, a newly modified De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 twin-turboprop platform tailored for aerial firefighting missions, featuring enhanced retardant delivery capabilities to bolster wildfire suppression and fill a capacity gap between light scoopers and heavy fixed-wing tankers.

2025-07-19T04:28:32.158608-07:00

Metrea Unveils Fireswift Dash 8-300 Firefighting Platform at RIAT

Vertical Mag

❗️

Nagoya City Fire Bureau orders Airbus H160 for firefighting and SAR Japan’s Nagoya City Fire Bureau has placed its first order for an Airbus H160, marking the type’s debut in firefighting operations. The twin-engine rotorcraft will support water bombing and search-and-rescue missions, replacing aging assets and enhancing response capacity amid growing wildfire risks in the Asia-Pacific region.

2025-07-17T06:11:42.714603-07:00

Nagoya City Fire Bureau orders Airbus H160 for firefighting and SAR

AirMed&Rescue

IAI and Fire Free Forests to Develop High-Capacity Airborne Firefighting System Israel Aerospace Industries and firetech specialist Fire Free Forests have signed a collaboration to design and deploy a high-capacity airborne firefighting system. The platform will pair advanced sensors with enhanced retardant delivery capabilities to meet intensifying global wildfire seasons.

2025-07-16T10:29:35.447030-07:00

IAI and Fire Free Forests to Develop High-Capacity Airborne Firefighting System

AerialFire

IAI and Fire Free Forests to Develop Boeing 767-Based Aerial Firefighting Platform In July 2025, Israel Aerospace Industries and Fire Free Forests signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop the 767BDSF, a Boeing 767-based aerial firefighting platform capable of dispersing 40 t of retardant, integrating real-time sensors and air-ground coordination to tackle intensifying global wildfire seasons.

2025-07-09T08:31:05.914619-07:00

IAI and Fire Free Forests to Develop Boeing 767-Based Aerial Firefighting Platform

Vertical Mag

Spotlight on Innovations in Aerial Firefighting Products and Services Manufacturers and service firms have introduced a suite of innovations in aerial firefighting, spanning new scooper and tanker aircraft designs, advanced retardant delivery systems, and expanded mission support services. These upgrades aim to increase payloads, streamline turnaround and enhance operational flexibility during intensifying global wildfire seasons.

2025-07-09T05:51:48.631196-07:00

Spotlight on Innovations in Aerial Firefighting Products and Services

Create a free account to see more recent Aerial Firefighting stories.