Wildfire Drones Need Heat-Resistant Batteries: Powering UAVs in the Age of Extreme Fire Seasons

Wildfire response is becoming an aviation-and-data problem as much as a ground-crew problem. In the United States, the National Interagency Fire Center reported 39,520 year-to-date wildfires and 3,633,827 acres burned as of July 15, 2026. In the European Union, the Joint Research Centre, using EFFIS data, reported 167,326 hectares burned and 1,083 fires larger than […]