Precision Container Aerial Delivery System
Boeing ‘PCADS’ system ready to fight fires from the air
 | By Guest Column Chris Haddox (Bio and Archives) Friday, September 23, 2011 | Print friendly | Subscribe | Email Us |
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center, wildfires burned nearly seven million acres of land in the United States in 2011. In Texas alone, more than 1,500 homes were destroyed.
For the past several years, Boeing has been testing and perfecting a system – Precision Container Aerial Delivery System (PCADS) – that could help firefighters battle wildfires by allowing cargo planes to not only drop more water on the fire in less time, but to do it with precision.
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