FlightLab: Aerial Suppression Of Wildfires: Present and Future Technologies and Their Implications for The Climate Crisis 13 June 2023 1030 - 1130

Presenters will discuss all aspects of aerial suppression of wildfires, including old and new aircraft types, optimized designs, effectiveness, challenges, concepts of operation, coordinated air traffic command and control, use of drones and electrically-powered aircraft, costs, benefits, detection systems, integration with existing systems, fuel concerns, environmental impacts, maintenance, piloting, robotic vehicles and needs of air attack bases.

  • Session Chair

    Placeholder-MaleBrien Seeley, President, Sustainable Aviation Foundation, Inc.

Panelists
  • Marcus-Johnson-2022 Marcus Johnson
    Research Aerospace Engineer, NASA Ames Research Center
  • Placeholder-Male Jasenka Rakas
    Founder of the Airport Design Studio and Aviation Futures Lab, and Faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of California Berkeley