Using Tactical Aerial Firefighting Capabilities To Battle The Canadian Wildfires
Canada is on track to experience its worst-ever wildfire season. As of June 9, there were more than 400 active fires across Canada with more than half declared out of control. Since the fire season began, 2,214 blazes have already burned more than 8.7 million acres of the country. Since May, more than 100,000 people…
Read MoreJoseph Reale Joins MAG Aerospace as Chief of Staff
Fairfax, Virginia – August 8, 2019 – Joe Fluet, MAG CEO, has announced the addition of Joseph Reale to the MAG team as Chief of Staff. In this role, he will provide a range of high level managerial and project support services to the entire executive team, including coordination of staff functions, strategic guidance, managing…
Read MoreMAG Canada Completes IR Fire Hotspot Detection Trial
Alberta, Canada – May 23, 2019 – MAG Canada, with support provided by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, successfully completed the province of Alberta’s Hinton test grid. The Hinton test grid, located in Northwestern Alberta, is a mandatory requirement for vendors wishing to provide infra-red scanning services within the province of Alberta. The grid…
Read MoreMAG Canada Transports Injured American Bald Eagle for Rehabilitation
Ontario, Canada – In May, MAG Canada was asked by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to assist in the transportation of an injured American Bald Eagle from Dryden to Kenora for rehabilitation. The eagle was safely secured and enjoyed a 30-minute donated flight in one of MAG’s Aero Commander 500 aircraft. The American Bald Eagle…
Read MoreMAG Aerospace 2018 Flight Hours Infographic
Fairfax, Virginia – April 22, 2019 – Over the course of 2018, MAG Aerospace recorded over 100,000 flight between their manned and unmanned fixed and rotary wing operations. About MAG Aerospace MAG Aerospace, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a leader in providing and enabling real-time situational awareness to help its customers make the world smaller…
Read MoreMAG Aerospace Founder & CEO, Joe Fluet in CEO Magazine
Fairfax, Virginia – January 24, 2019 – MAG Aerospace Founder and CEO Joe Fluet was featured by CEO Magazine profiling his professional history, the history of MAG Aerospace and the strategic direction moving forward. To read the full profile, click here. About CEO Magazine CEO Magazine is a source of information, inspiration, and motivation for the world’s…
Read More6 Lessons Learned from Aerial Fire Detection Management
Spotting a forest fire isn’t always easy. It can be like finding a needle in a haystack but that’s exactly when you want to find it – before it spreads out of control and has the potential to ruin communities. This is what aerial fire detection management is all about. Aerial fire detection is the…
Read MoreGeneral (Ret.) Peter Schoomaker Joins MAG Aerospace Board of Directors
Fairfax, Virginia – October 11, 2018 – MAG Aerospace, the leader in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) integration, training, and operations, today announced that General Peter J. Schoomaker, US Army (Retired) has joined the company’s Board of Directors. “MAG’s ability to bring decisive information to the Warfighter cannot be overstated,” said General Schoomaker….
Read MoreMAG Aerospace Acquires Discovery Air Fire Services Inc.
Woodbridge, VA – March 21, 2017 – MAG Aerospace (MAG) has acquired Discovery Air Fire Services Inc. (DAFS), formerly a subsidiary of Canada-based specialty aviation provider, Discovery Air Inc. This acquisition adds aerial forest fire management, specialized charter aviation, and environmental monitoring services to MAG’s already robust ISR service offerings. DAFS is a Northern Ontario based,…
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