ACERO Act – Wildfire UAS Aerial Response
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-07-30 — Wildfire Research Coordination Act of 2026: cross-connection with wildfire-research-coordination-act: Research coordination bill likely intersects with ACERO Act’s UAS aerial wildfire response R&D. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-06-29 — Wildfire Response Modernization Act: cross-connection with wildfire-response-modernization-act: Both address modernization of wildfire response capabilities, with ACERO focused on UAS aerial response and HR9534 routed through Armed Services jurisdiction. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-02-24 — ACERO Act: ACERO Act (HR390) introduced to statutorily authorize NASA R&D on uncrewed aircraft systems and advanced aviation technologies for wildfire aerial response, including airspace deconfliction and multiagency concept of operations, with a prohibition on procuring UAS from China-linked entities for the program. (novelty: 3)