Civilian Aeronautics builds integrated drone systems for wildfire response — airframes, autonomy, mission software, and payload integration engineered together as one product to detect, suppress, and monitor fires for private landowners, municipal fire departments, and government agencies.
Our drone fleet supports every phase of fire response — from early detection to active suppression — for private clients, city fire departments, and state agencies alike.
Thermal imaging and multispectral sensors identify hotspots and fire perimeters in real time, giving incident commanders — municipal or private — a live aerial picture within minutes of dispatch.
Our heavy-lift suppression and retardant-delivery platforms are in active development — engineered to deliver precision water and fire-retardant drops directly onto the fire front, extending the reach of under-resourced departments without risking additional crew.
Persistent drone patrols maintain situational awareness around active fire perimeters, tracking spread rates and wind-driven flank movements — a critical force multiplier for small department operations.
Aerial oversight and ignition assistance for controlled burn operations on private, municipal, and state-managed land — improving burn precision and reducing the risk of escape fires.
High-resolution drone surveys document burn scars, damage extent, and rekindle risk after containment — delivering detailed reports for insurance carriers, municipal planners, and state recovery programs.
We're structured to contract with city fire departments, county emergency management offices, and state forestry agencies — providing on-call aerial assets without the overhead of a full aviation unit.
Many city and county fire departments operate with limited budgets, aging equipment, and growing wildland-urban interface risk. Civilian Aeronautics bridges that gap — offering government agencies access to cutting-edge drone firefighting capability through flexible, contract-based arrangements that don't require capital investment in hardware or full-time aviation staff.
Whether you're a small municipal fire department covering rural response zones, a county emergency management office building out your aerial assets, or a state forestry division seeking supplemental coverage during peak fire season, we structure our agreements to fit your jurisdiction's procurement and operational requirements.
Our team is experienced in working within ICS (Incident Command System) frameworks, coordinating with public safety dispatch, and integrating seamlessly alongside existing ground and air resources. We carry the certifications, insurance, and operational documentation required for government contracting at the city, county, and state level.
Inquire About a ContractOn-call drone support contracts for departments that need aerial capability without the cost of maintaining their own UAS fleet. We integrate with your dispatch and command structure from day one.
Seasonal retainer and on-demand agreements for county OES and emergency management agencies — covering wildfire response, search & rescue support, and post-disaster aerial assessment.
Supplemental aerial assets for state forestry departments during peak fire season, prescribed burn programs, and large-scale incident support under state emergency declarations.
We participate in regional mutual aid frameworks, making our assets available across jurisdictions during declared emergencies and multi-agency incident responses.
Smaller city and rural fire agencies get the aerial capability of a full aviation unit — without the budget, staffing, or maintenance overhead. One contract gives your department eyes and assets in the air.
Fully unmanned systems keep operators safely outside fire zones. When conditions are too dangerous for helicopters or ground crews, our drones keep working.
Our drones mobilize in minutes — no runways, no lengthy pre-flight, no waiting on tanker availability. That speed advantage is critical in the first minutes of a wildland fire.
We're building toward the certifications, insurance, and documentation that city, county, and state procurement require — with compliance and contracting readiness designed in from the start.
Civilian Aeronautics, LLC was founded on the belief that advanced aerial firefighting technology should not be the exclusive domain of large government agencies and well-funded departments. Wildfire risk is intensifying every season — and thousands of smaller city, county, and rural fire agencies are being asked to cover more ground with the same resources.
We exist to change that. By operating as a private contractor, we aim to give any jurisdiction — regardless of size or budget — access to advanced drone-based aerial capability, without the capital investment or full-time aviation staff a traditional air unit requires.
Our founding team brings together FAA-certified UAS operation, wildland fire behavior knowledge, and aerial systems engineering — with a working understanding of ICS, dispatch, and what it means to operate in support of departments that are already stretched thin.
Partner With UsThe CAC Platform is our proprietary drone operations software — a real-time command and control interface purpose-built for aerial firefighting. It gives operators and incident commanders a live, unified picture of the entire operation: every drone in the fleet, every active fire threat, and every mission in progress, all on a single screen.
Built on an interactive map of the operational area, the platform displays live drone positions, fire severity markers, and active mission routes simultaneously — giving your team the situational awareness to make faster, better decisions in the field.
Monitor every drone's status, battery level, GPS position, altitude, and speed in real time. Issue commands — takeoff, land, hover, return home — directly from the interface, with full directional control support.
Every detected fire is scored automatically — severity, fire-weather load, and spread risk fused into a single 0–100 threat score. The platform ranks active threats by operational priority and pushes alerts the moment one escalates, so operators know what to act on first.
Plan patrol, survey, fire response, and search & rescue missions with custom waypoints and priority levels. Assign drones, launch missions, and pause or abort operations — all from a single ops panel.
Connects to drones via MAVLink, DroneKit, Bluetooth GATT, WiFi, or Simulation mode — making the platform compatible with a wide range of commercial and custom UAV hardware.
Every fire the system detects is scored automatically — so operators know which threats matter most before they've tasked a single drone. No manual triage, no waiting on analysis.
Live data fused continuously from multiple sources:
Each fire gets a single, continuously updated threat score.
Severity tier, fire-weather load, and spread risk combined into one number an operator can act on at a glance.
The platform ranks every active threat and pushes alerts the moment one escalates:
Civilian Aeronautics is not just an operator — we are an active developer of the technology that will define the next generation of aerial firefighting.
Civilian Aeronautics has filed provisional patents covering core innovations in our drone-based fire suppression and autonomous flight systems. Our proprietary methods for multi-drone coordination and AI-driven threat response represent a significant technological lead in the private aerial firefighting space — and a foundation we are actively developing into a full patent portfolio.
Where most private firefighting operators rely on off-the-shelf equipment and manual operations, Civilian Aeronautics is building a vertically integrated capability — from the AI systems that direct our drones to the platform that coordinates every mission. This depth of innovation is what separates us from every other operator in the market.
Private property owner, city fire department, county OES, or state agency — we're ready to structure a solution that fits your needs and procurement process.
