One company plans to use machinery to burn the ground on purpose. Another aims to put fires out using autonomous helicopters.

Researchers and startup founders are rushing to develop and deploy drones, sensors and satellite imagery analysis that they believe could have reduced the amount of damage from the Los Angeles fires.

To improve its capabilities, Cal Fire is testing new equipment with BurnBot ... Rain has worked with Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky and with fire officials in Orange County in the hopes of ...

The Sikorsky S70i Hawk has a fixed tank containing ... where aircraft like the S-2T tanker can be refilled on the ground within minutes. Cal Fire also has seven new airtankers that were put ...

To improve its capabilities, Cal Fire is testing new equipment with BurnBot ... Rain has worked with Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky and with fire officials in Orange County in the hopes of bringing ...

Sikorsky on Jan. 29 said it has started ground runs with the new GE Aerospace [GE] T901 engines integrated on a Black Hawk helicopter, ahead of the first test flight later this year. GE Aerospace ...

The twin-engine, four-blade helicopter is manufactured by Sikorsky, a subsidiary of defense contractor Lockheed Martin. The aircraft involved in Wednesday's collision was an Army version.

One of those firefighters was Battalion Chief Rob Wettstein, a Cal Fire crew member in Napa County. "We like to say we're always ready for every single incident, but I think in essence no one is ...