We Engineer What’s Next
EmberWorks is Coulson Aviation’s innovation division, turning real-world operational challenges into new capabilities for aerial firefighting, aviation, and emergency response.
Built Around the Mission
EmberWorks brings operators, engineers, scientists, software teams, and aircraft together to solve complex operational problems. With direct access to Coulson’s global operations and active aircraft fleet, new technologies can be developed, integrated, and evaluated in the environments where they ultimately need to perform.
The result is a direct path from identifying an operational need to developing and proving a solution.
Focus Areas
Airborne Sensing
Persistent airborne sensing and mission technology designed to improve situational awareness, intelligence, and decision-making.
Fire Retardant
Next-generation suppression solutions combining advanced chemistry with decades of aerial firefighting and retardant delivery experience.
Multi-Mission VLAT
Advancing the next generation of Very Large Airtanker capabilities for long-range, multi-mission response.
Climate Initiatives
Developing and supporting technologies that improve resilience, reduce environmental impact, and address emerging operational challenges.
ORBIT: Sensing for the Fireline
ORBIT is an airborne sensing and mission technology designed to make operational aircraft active contributors to the incident intelligence picture.
Already operating aboard Coulson tactical aerial supervision aircraft, ORBIT provides a real-world platform for developing capabilities that improve situational awareness and decision-making.
CFR HALO: Next-Gen Fire Retardant
CFR HALO brings advanced chemistry together with Coulson’s decades of aerial firefighting and retardant delivery experience to advance long-term fire suppression.
Development is focused on improved burn resistance, coverage consistency, aircraft compatibility, operational efficiency, and crew safety, bringing real-world operational insight to every stage of development.
Vice President, EmberWorks