07.01.25

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Elizabeth Worthington

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Press

UMD students create firefighting drone as part of contest to end destructive wildfires

WMAR-2 News profiled Crossfire, the drone system built by University of Maryland fire protection engineering students and faculty for the XPRIZE Wildfire competition, a four-year, \$11 million global contest to end destructive wildfires.


The system pairs autonomous drones with AI detection and precision suppression, and is designed to detect and suppress a fire within 10 minutes across a 1,000 square kilometer area while using far less water and fuel than traditional aircraft.


Read the full story at WMAR-2 News.

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