ACERO Act – Wildfire UAS Aerial Response
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-02-04 — Western Wildfire Support Act of 2025: cross-connection with western-wildfire-support-act: Both bills address expedited permitting/deployment of unmanned aerial systems and detection technology for wildfire response. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-03-25 — Wildfire Aerial Response Safety Act: cross-connection with wildfire-aerial-response-safety-act: Both address drone/UAS use in wildfire aerial response — ACERO focuses on authorized firefighting UAS operations, while HR6618 targets unauthorized hobbyist drone incursions that ground manned aircraft. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-03-06 — Fix Our Forests Act: cross-connection with fireshed-management-wildfire-reduction: Fix Our Forests Act’s technology and firefighter-assistance provisions complement the ACERO Act’s focus on UAS-based aerial wildfire response. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-02-24 — ACERO Act: HR390 (ACERO Act) provides first statutory authorization for NASA R&D on uncrewed aircraft systems and advanced aviation tech for wildfire aerial response, including airspace deconfliction and multiagency concept of operations, and prohibits procurement of UAS from China-linked entities for the program. (novelty: 3)