Integrated Aerial System Design for Wildfire Fighting and Surveillance with Tactical Considerations

Kurzfassung

Wildfire disasters are increasing in scale and severity, underscoring the need for more capable and coordinated aerial firefighting systems. This work presents a performance-based Integrated Aerial System framework that links the aircraft design tool RISPECT+ with the wildfire mission analysis tool SoSID Toolkit+ to evaluate and optimize system-level effectiveness. Incorporating terrain-specific wildfire characteristics, the framework identifies optimal aircraft configurations and deployment strategies that maximize integrated Measurement of Effectiveness across diverse regions. A unified surveillance platform strengthens the System of Systems architecture and supports the operation of aerial firefighting aircraft. Results show enhanced system-oriented design and multi-agent coordination, with future work focused on optimal designs across diverse aircraft configurations and integrating operational environmental factors relevant to aerial firefighting