Improving Aviation

We’re out in the field today, testing some of the exciting technologies we’ve been developing. From utilizing UAS for real-time computer vision applications, to enabling GPS communication during missions without connectivity, we’re pushing the boundaries. Our custom ATAK plugin enhances airspace management with added tools for safety, while our path planning algorithm streamlines search missions, ensuring optimal coverage with multiple UAS. We can’t wait to share more updates as we put these innovations into action! Stay tuned for photos and videos from today’s session! #InnovationInAction #ImprovingAviation #FieldTesting

Last week, Improving Aviation was honored to be named an honoree in the #AI category for WindTL at the Tampa Bay Inno Awards! While Rocio Frej Vitalle and Maria Tirado accepted this award, the credit goes to our incredible team. Jake Rosenzweig, Ph.D., jack of all trades, has shaped WindTL’s vision and ensured its success through thoughtful leadership and strategic guidance. Alex Rodriguez, has built a complete user interface (backend and frontend) allowing authorized users to analyze active wildfires with ease. Leonardo Guzman Jauregui, has systematized our cloud architecture, pushing the boundaries of scalability, seamless data integration, and advanced analytics. And many more! This recognition is a reflection of everyone’s hard work and dedication. ?? Thank you to Tampa Bay Inno for celebrating innovation in #Tampa. Here’s to breaking barriers and building resilience, together! #TampaBayInnoAwards #Teamwork #Innovation #WindTL #ImprovingAviation #BreakingBarriersBuildingResilience

Best way to end the week! ?? The Improving Aviation team is proud to share that we are among the top 5 finalists in Blue Clarity's CIVX TAK/ATAK for Smart Cities challenge! Congratulations to all participants, and best of luck at the upcoming pitch event! If you are available this coming Thursday and would like to join the pitch as spectators to support us, please reach out! Excited for what’s ahead ? #Innovation #Teamwork

We are super excited to launch Improving Aviation’s first-ever newsletter! ?? Packed with updates, industry insights, and the latest on our AI-driven solutions, this newsletter shares how we are breaking barriers in aviation and emergency response. From our Google for Startups journey to pioneering wildfire risk management tools, we look forward bringing you along on our journey! ?? Want to stay updated? Scan the QR code to get access to the newsletter and join our community!

Last week Rocio Frej Vitalle took the stage at Embarc Collective Glaring Gap Summit, presenting to an audience of female leaders and influencers in the community. As always, Embarc provided a powerful platform for companies like Improving Aviation to showcase our work in wildfire prediction, airfield operations, and drone technology. Every year, the connections we make are amazing, helping us grow and innovate. Let’s keep breaking barriers together! ???? #womeninleadership #breakingbarriers

Voting for the Black Ambition Prize ends on Wednesday (10/23), and I encourage you to select Tampa Bay-based Improving Aviation. The IA team, led by Rocio Frej Vitalle, delivers critical, real-time insights to the military and firefighters, so those first responders can address emergencies in a way that keeps us all safe with greater efficiency. When you get to the voting page, search the page for "Improving Aviation" and click on "vote." https://lnkd.in/eWUxpj7w

? UAS Mission Planning Tool ? ? In public safety operations, vast areas need to be covered with limited resources. UAS are emerging as great solution for search and rescue, fire situational awareness, and terrain recognition. However, planning for the most optimum coverage and allocation of resources is a manual and non effective process. Our mission planning tools automatically provide UAS routes and commands the vehicles from TAK, given a fleet and a search area, including priority areas and no fly zones. In fire resource operations, our rules are used to locate heat signatures along predetermined routes. By incorporating for progression predictions from our proprietary model, UAS are able to monitor the fire front and spot ignitions that can be subsequently integrated back into the model to refine predictions of areas with highest risk of ignition. Additionally, during operations on no connectivity areas, UAS serve?a relay to transmit operational videos and location data from and to firefighters, ensuring their safety. ? In personnel search and tracking missions, our tool allows UAS to be deployed to specific areas based on the potential locations of missing individuals or information provided by user. Our pre-mission planner generates optimal paths for each UAS to guarantee efficient coverage of the defined area. The UAS then employ computer vision to locate individuals, and upon identification, real-time video and location results can be shared with operators. The video demonstrates the effectiveness of our pre-mission planner in search area planning. Users can efficiently distribute UAS resources with simple commands. Users specify the search area, no-fly zones, and the number of UAS,?and the system automatically generates the most effective flight paths and distribution of UAS, which will be drawn in real-time on the map. This process provides a quick response, allowing users to complete the path generation operation in milliseconds. Huge thanks to Ping Wu and Roberto Whitley for their hard work in developing this UAS Mission Planning Tool ?? ? #UASMissionPlanning #PublicSafetyTech #SearchAndRescue #FireManagement #AutonomousOperations

The Improving Aviation team, including Roberto Whitley, Dave Zader, and Rocio Frej Vitalle,?returned from a productive week at #CIVTAK24, where we engaged with public safety officers, emergency responders, and other innovators in the field of situational awareness technology. ? We gathered insights from our end users and explored new ways to enhance our technologies for real-world applications. Here are some highlights: ? ?? Our interactions with firefighters have led to multiple potential collaborations to obtain video imagery and critical local data to support the development of our Wildfire Risk Management and Ember Spread Model. By utilizing computer vision applications to detect objects of interest, we aim to enhance both the speed and accuracy of detections, automate tasks, and reduce the user’s workload, all while maintaining real-time awareness of personnel. This input will refine our use of heat signatures to improve wildfire spread predictions, ensuring firefighters remain safe and are deployed to the most effective areas. ? ? Public safety officials underscored the need for enhancing resource management. From lower-cost connectivity solutions to track emergency responders in the ground, to effective airspace management that would enable multiple UAS to operate in close proximity with manned aircraft, while ensuring the highest standards of safety and spatial awareness. ? A big thank you to all the end users who provided their insights and to the CIVTAK community for fostering innovation. We’re looking forward to continuing the conversation and pushing the boundaries of situational awareness. ? #SituationalAwareness #TAKCommunity #WildfireRiskManagement #DroneTechnology #Innovation #PublicSafety

?? Exciting News: Vote for Improving Aviation! ?? ? We’re beyond thrilled to announce that Improving Aviation has made it to the FINAL ROUND of @blackambitionprize, founded by none other than @pharrell! ?? Out of thousands of applicants, we’re proud to be in the top 40 finalists, competing for up to $1M to take our mission to new heights. ?? ? Our platform, WindTL, is revolutionizing Wildfire Risk Management, helping communities stay safer by delivering real-time, actionable insights when it matters most. ???? We’re making a real difference on the ground—and now, we need YOU to help us go further! ? ??? How you can help: Take just 30 seconds to cast your vote and bring us closer to securing the $25k Public Voting award! Your support helps us push the boundaries of innovation and protect more people and homes from the devastating impact of wildfires. ? ?? Let us know when you’ve voted—we’d love to send you a personal thank-you for being part of our journey! ?? Global support matters! Friends from Spain, Latin America, and around the world—your votes can make a huge difference! Join us in turning this vision into reality. ? ?? Vote now: https://lnkd.in/eGn94ay2 ?? ?Vota ahora!: https://lnkd.in/eGn94ay2 #BlackAmbitionPrize #BAFinalists2024 #VoteForUs #WildfireInnovation #AIforGood #SupportTheMission

Tomorrow, Roberto Whitley, Dave Zader, and Rocio Frej Vitalle Frej will be attending #CIVTAK24. We look forward to connecting with influencers and innovators from the #TAK community, as well as teams actively working in the field. ? At Improving Aviation, we specialize in cutting-edge solutions that aggregate real-time data from multiple in situ sources and deliver actionable insights through both web-based and #TAK-integrated interfaces. For public safety, emergency responders, or DoD personnel, our technologies are designed to enhance situational awareness and drive informed actions in high-pressure environments. ? Our latest efforts have been geared towards the TAK integration of two of our most cutting edge solutions: ? ?? WindTL is a Wildfire Risk Management and Ember Spread Model predicts, that predicts with up to a 99% accuracy, the areas at risk of ember ignition during an active or future fire. Ask us about how our metrics compare to other models and the results we are achieving! ? AirTL, is a our Tactical Situational Awareness Tool; users can not only track assets in real-time, but they can also optimize resources using real-time path planning algorithms, detect and predict the movement of intrusive UAS, and directly command UAS from the TAK interface. Ask us to show it to you during the conference! As always, we are open to connecting and discussing how our technologies can contribute to various operational use cases. We also want to hear from you and find ways to use our technology to improve your operations. If you’re attending the conference, don’t hesitate to reach out and set up a time to meet! In the first image: ?? WindTL showcasing wildfire risk prediction. In the second image: ? AirTL showing tactical situational awareness. ? #CIVTAK2024 #TAKCommunity #SituationalAwareness #Networking