Autonomous Airborne Wildfire Sensing Pilot

Tender details

Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is seeking an operator for a pilot of autonomous airborne wildfire sensing during the 2026 wildfire season. The work involves deploying a novel balloon-borne sensor system in active wildfire airspace under Canadian Aviation Regulations to collect real-time wildfire intelligence. The pilot aims to improve fire detection, monitoring, and response. SPSA says the requirement is highly specialized and may be sole-sourced because no equivalent deployable supplier is known.