The DANNAR team wrapped up the week at Project Vesta by NavalX SoCal Tech Bridge. Project Vesta Experiment is "bringing the future to the wildfire fight."
The trencher and bucket attachments were changed on-site
for the firefighter's needs in the moment.
The Project Vesta team is passionate about developing – and sharing – better, quicker, and safer means to address the challenging wildfire management issue. The program goals are persistent fire surveillance, analytics capabilities enabled by edge computing, and rapid interoperability. If successful, it can support continuous terrain mapping, accurate fuel analysis, immediate fire identification, and the timely delivery of suppressant agents in active fires. The intended prototype result is an unmanned "system of systems" that combines state-of-the-art technology and Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) equipment intended to identify fire risk, reduce response time, and decrease direct firefighter engagement. Humans are still deeply engaged in the process, but at a safer distance, with more tools to augment and support their actions on the ground.
The Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) 22-2, was from 14 to 18 February 2022 aboard Camp Roberts, CA, where Project Vesta conducted its first live tests. Future experiments and prototype iterations are expected to synthesize lessons learned and improve upon each product performance. DANNAR is excited to be a part of this important work and to share a solution to a global problem.
Learn more about Project Vesta and the innovative work being done here.
