NSF SBIR award — Drone Amplified intelligent drone-based backburn technology

Buyer: NSF SBIR (America's Seed Fund)

Awardee

Drone Amplified

Details

Follow-on NSF SBIR award (after a $224,999 grant in 2019) to advance IGNIS drone-based aerial ignition for backburns and prescribed fire, including robot coordination, deep learning and fire-prediction algorithms; matched by $100,000 from Nebraska's Department of Economic Development.

NSF SBIR Phase II awards run two years with possible extensions, so this October 2020 award's period of performance ended around 2022-2023. No further NSF award to Drone Amplified located. The company remains active and its IGNIS aerial-ignition system is now widely fielded, including through partnerships with heavy-lift UAS makers.

Source

Official solicitation / award →