ACERO Act – Wildfire UAS Aerial Response
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-07-23 — To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish test and training corridors for small unmanned aircraft systems and associated capabilities, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with small-uas-test-training-corridors-hr9909: Both establish federally coordinated UAS operational spaces — HR9909 for DoD test/training, ACERO for NASA-led wildfire aerial response — raising potential overlap in airspace and interagency coordination. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-03-25 — Wildfire Aerial Response Safety Act: 2026-02-24 — Companion legislative activity: HR6618 (Wildfire Aerial Response Safety Act) tasks FAA with studying hobbyist/unauthorized drone incursions and counter-UAS options in wildfire airspace, complementing ACERO’s authorized-UAS R&D and airspace deconfliction work. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
- 2026-02-24 — ACERO Act: HR390 (119th Congress) authorizes NASA’s ACERO program to conduct R&D on uncrewed aircraft systems and advanced aviation technologies for wildfire aerial response, including airspace deconfliction and multiagency concept of operations, while prohibiting procurement of UAS from China-linked entities for the project. (novelty: 3)