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“Holding that tablet was almost surreal—it was hard to believe I actually had a 22,000 lb Hawk under my control.” —Chief Mike Deacon, Air Tactical Group Supervisor, HLCO Rain and Sikorsky collaborated to bring government, fire agency, and investment representatives to observe the advanced technologies enabling autonomous rapid wildfire response. This is what some of those leaders shared with us after commanding a Black Hawk? helicopter flying with Sikorsky’s MATRIX? flight autonomy and Rain mission autonomy to perform multiple autonomous water drops. For more reactions to the joint demonstration of autonomous aerial wildfire response:? ?? watch this video on YouTube https://lnkd.in/gwE7y3zS ?? read an update on our website? https://lnkd.in/gub5jeGB ?? “There’s definitely a space for autonomous aircraft and what Rain is doing.” —Assistant Chief Tim Perkins, Orange County Fire Authority. ??“We need technology like this to stop the fire that is coming from the wildlands, that is moving toward communities in fire prone lands.” —Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell, U.S. Fire Administration. ????????“This technology that we used to think of as being on the horizon, it’s here, it’s available, and it’s there for the taking. So we need to give our firefighters the best of what we’ve got.” —Genevieve Biggs, Director, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Wildfire Resilience Initiative. We are indebted to the many people who carved time in their schedules to attend our demonstration, including Kate Dargan Marquis, Nancy Pfund, Jake Harris, Colonel Trent Mills, Ph.D, and many others.