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Firefighting Drone Gets Road Test
ResumeConsumer drones look like child's play after you get a gander at the unmanned, water-dropping helicopter that was pitched to the federal government this month. The K-MAX chopper is the largest of several remotely-piloted firefighting aircraft to get a tryout this year for firefighting duty. From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Tom Banse of Northwest News Network reports from Boise, Idaho.
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- Tom Banse, reporter for Northwest News Network. He tweets @TomBanse.
This segment aired on October 20, 2015.