Google Steps in With IKHANA UAV AirCraft to Help Fight California Fires

Google Steps in With IKHANA UAV AirCraft to Help Fight California Fires

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Nancy Houser

The Ikhana is one of the U.S. Air Force planes operating in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the Ikhana airplane specially designed for NASA as a long-endurance plane that specializes in high-altitude flights. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which is flown remotely by pilots at NASA's Dryden, the Ikhana is a General Atomics Aeronautial Systems Predator B. This plane specializes in working with special sensors to process the fire images on board the plane, before sending them down to the firefighters.

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id=799933 - Oct 25, 2007