CoPilot-AI

In Brief
- Challenge: SFI-Defence Organisation Innovation Challenge
- Challenge Type: SFI Future Innovator Prize
- Status: Complete
- Phase: Prize Award winner
The Challenge
Enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the fire extinguishing capability of rotary-wing aircraft.
The Solution
Using Earth Observation and Artificial Intelligence technologies, a new system capable of providing real-time information to responders in the air and on the ground will be developed.
The Team
- Team Lead: Prof. Tim McCarthy, Maynooth University
- Team Co-Lead: Prof. John MacDonald, Maynooth University
DefOrg Liaison
- Comdt Jay O'Reilly, Irish Air Corps
The Co-PILOT AI team, winners of the SFI-Defence Organisation Innovation Challenge