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Coulson Aviation Canada to Conduct First Night Vision Aerial Firefighting Operations with BC Wildfire Service
Coulson Aviation Canada recently announced it has been awarded and started a 70-day contract by the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) to provide one of its state-of-the-art Sikorsky S-61 Type 1 helitankers equipped for night vision goggle (NVG) operations. This partnership marks the first time Coulson will conduct live-fire NVG aerial firefighting missions on Canadian soil.
BY THE NUMBERS 1,000,000
The estimated lives that have been saved over the last 50 years by helicopters, according to Sikorsky Archives. This includes civilian rescues in natural disasters, accidents, and medical emergencies, as well as military search and rescue (SAR). Contributing to this million in part: the U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk fleet saved over 11,900 lives in over 48,300 SAR missions, and the NIH estimates an additional four lives are saved per every 100 HEMS deployments.
40 July/Aug 2025
As the global leader in private NVG aerial firefighting, Coulson Aviation has set the benchmark for safe and effective night suppression. With thousands of NVG flight hours and tens of millions of gallons delivered at night, Coulson’s rotary-wing fleet is the most proven and trusted in the industry. Since earning the world’s first NVG firefighting certification from Transport Canada in 2011, followed by the first approvals of their kind in Australia and the United States, Coulson has expanded to operate a fully NVG-equipped rotary-wing fleet. This includes the flagship Quick Reaction Force (QRF) program, operated
125,000,000
The USD purchase price, definitively announced this past August, to be paid by Joby Aviaton, a company developing electric air taxis for commercial service, to acquire Blade Air Mobility to purchase Blade’s urban air mobility passenger business.
258,700,000,000
The estimated USD amount to be spent on uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) by 2033, according to Military Embedded Systems. This includes procurement and research spending.
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