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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Nutech Ventures, Lincoln, NE (US);
Carrick Detweiler, Lincoln, NE (US);
Sebastian Elbaum, Lincoln, NE (US);
James Higgins, Lincoln, NE (US);
Christian Laney, Papillion, NE (US);
Craig Allen, Crete, NE (US);
Dirac Twidwell, Lincoln, NE (US);
Evan Michael Beachly, Lincoln, NE (US);
NUtech Ventures, Lincoln, NE (US);
Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can be configured for fire suppression and ignition. In some examples, the UAV includes an aerial propulsion system, an ignition system, and a control system. The ignition system includes a container of delayed-ignition balls and a dropper configured, by virtue of one or more motors, to actuate and drop the delayed-ignition balls. The control system is configured to cause the UAV to fly to a site of a prescribed burn and, while flying over the site of the prescribed burn, actuate one or more of the delayed-ignition balls. After actuating the one or more delayed-ignition balls, the UAV drops the actuated one or more delayed-ignition balls from the UAV onto the site of the prescribed burn.