XPRIZE Wildfire Names Teams Advancing in Global Competition to End Destructive Wildfires
XPRIZE has announced advancing teams in its $11 million global wildfire competition, co-sponsored by PG&E (NYSE:PCG) and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The four-year competition features two tracks: Space-Based Wildfire Detection & Intelligence and Autonomous Wildfire Response.
In the Space-Based track, 11 teams from 5 countries advanced as Finalists, with $300,000 awarded between six teams. For the Autonomous Response track, 15 teams from 7 countries were selected as Semifinalists, eligible for portions of a $750,000 milestone award.
The competition will culminate in 2026, with winning teams in each track receiving $3.5M, plus a $1M bonus prize from Lockheed Martin for exceptional wildfire detection performance.
XPRIZE ha annunciato le squadre selezionate per la sua competizione globale sugli incendi boschivi da 11 milioni di dollari, co-patrocinata da PG&E (NYSE:PCG) e dalla Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. La competizione, della durata di quattro anni, prevede due percorsi: Rilevamento e Intelligenza degli Incendi Boschivi da Spazio e Risposta Autonoma agli Incendi Boschivi.
Nel percorso Spazio, 11 squadre provenienti da 5 paesi sono passate alla fase finale, con 300.000 dollari distribuiti tra sei team. Per il percorso Risposta Autonoma, 15 squadre da 7 paesi sono state selezionate come semifinaliste, con diritto a una parte di un premio a traguardo di 750.000 dollari.
La competizione si concluder脿 nel 2026, con le squadre vincitrici di ogni percorso che riceveranno 3,5 milioni di dollari, oltre a un bonus di 1 milione di dollari da Lockheed Martin per prestazioni eccezionali nel rilevamento degli incendi boschivi.
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XPRIZE hat die Teams bekannt gegeben, die in seinem 11 Millionen Dollar globalen Waldbrand-Wettbewerb weitergekommen sind, der von PG&E (NYSE:PCG) und der Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation mitgesponsert wird. Der vierj盲hrige Wettbewerb umfasst zwei Kategorien: Weltraumgest眉tzte Waldbrand-Erkennung & -Intelligenz sowie Autonome Waldbrand-Reaktion.
Im Weltraum-Track haben 11 Teams aus 5 L盲ndern das Finale erreicht, wobei 300.000 Dollar auf sechs Teams verteilt wurden. F眉r den Autonomen Reaktion-Track wurden 15 Teams aus 7 L盲ndern als Halbfinalisten ausgew盲hlt, die Anspruch auf Teile eines 750.000 Dollar Meilensteinpreises haben.
Der Wettbewerb endet 2026, wobei die Gewinnerteams in jedem Track 3,5 Millionen Dollar erhalten, plus einen 1 Million Dollar Bonuspreis von Lockheed Martin f眉r herausragende Leistungen bei der Waldbrand-Erkennung.
- Partnership with major corporations and foundations provides substantial funding of $11M for wildfire innovation
- Competition attracts global participation with 26 teams from multiple countries advancing
- Significant prize money ($3.5M per track plus $1M bonus) incentivizes technological advancement
- AG真人官方-world testing and validation through partnerships with fire services and research institutions
- Final results and implementation of winning technologies won't be available until 2026
- Technologies are still in development and testing phase with unproven real-world effectiveness
This milestone comes as destructive wildfires intensify globally, prompting urgent action from world leaders. Recent commitments from the G7 and other international bodies have recognized wildfire as a growing threat, while a new
"Wildfires are growing more frequent, more destructive, and more costly, and the status quo is no longer sustainable in a changing climate," said Andrea Santy, XPRIZE Wildfire Program Director. "The teams advancing to the next stages of XPRIZE Wildfire are showcasing the ingenuity we need not just to prepare for the future, but to help shape it."
Two Tracks of Innovation: Semifinalists and Finalists Announced聽
XPRIZE Wildfire teams from around the world are competing to innovate a wide range of technologies in two complementary tracks designed to transform how wildfires are detected, managed, and fought. The competition's esteemed panel of judges 鈥� composed of wildland firefighting, technical experts, and wildfire researchers 鈥� assessed each team's ability to meet the demanding criteria of each competition track:
- Finalists - Space-Based Wildfire Detection & Intelligence: In this track, teams have one minute to accurately detect all fires across a landscape larger than entire states or countries, and 10 minutes to precisely characterize and report data with the least false positives to decision-makers on the ground.聽
- Teams participated in Semifinals Technical Verification to assess their analytical capabilities and showcase their ability to quickly, accurately, and precisely report and share insights on predetermined wildfire targets, reporting all observed wildfires and false positives using historical Earth observation data.聽
- advanced to the next phase of the competition as Finalists. The Judging Panel awarded a total of
$300,000 - Semifinalists - Autonomous Wildfire Response: In this track, teams have 10 minutes to autonomously detect and suppress a high-risk fire in a 1,000 km2, environmentally challenging area, leaving any decoy fires untouched.
- Technical Verification required that competing teams submit written and video demonstrations as evidence that their technologies are capable of fully autonomous wildfire detection, navigation, safety systems, and informed suppression.聽
- 聽were selected from a pool of global registrants to advance to the next phase of the competition as Semifinalists. Teams will be eligible to receive portions of a
$750,000
Teams were recognized during the Esri Safety and Security Summit in
"Technology at its best is a force multiplier for good, and wildfire is exactly the kind of global challenge that demands bold, collaborative technological innovation. The teams advancing in XPRIZE Wildfire are proving that we don't have to accept destruction as inevitable," said Dr. Catherine Ball, PhD, XPRIZE Wildfire Advisory Board Member. "This is what 21st-century climate resilience looks like: bold ideas, tested rigorously, and deployed at a planetary scale."
Over the coming months, the XPRIZE Wildfire operations team will travel to each Autonomous Semifinalist team location for in-field testing. Teams will physically demonstrate their autonomous end-to-end wildfire response system, including smart detection, autonomous navigation and safety, and autonomous suppression, along with an overall technical readiness and scalability assessment of their system. These live trials will be captured by the testing partner, the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI) and will be used for official judging, offering a unique behind-the-scenes look at wildfire technology in action.聽
In August 2025, Space-Based Finalist teams will have the option to participate in a live-fire exercise conducted in collaboration with the New South Wales Rural Fire Service in
XPRIZE Wildfire is offered in partnership with Co-Title Sponsors Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Presenting Sponsor Minderoo Foundation, Bonus Prize Sponsor Lockheed Martin and Supporting Sponsors Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Costa Navarino, American Family Insurance, Fairfax Financial, the Roddenberry Foundation, and individual benefactors.
"At PG&E, we are committed to ending catastrophic wildfires, and within our service territory we have implemented mitigation initiatives that provide layers of protection. We work closely with innovators to adapt and adopt tools and technologies giving us new data, insights, visibility and capabilities to prevent fires and when necessary, limit their spread and size," said Andy Abranches, Vice President, Wildfire Mitigation, PG&E. "We recognize the need to develop the technology of tomorrow and are excited about the new possibilities being unlocked by the XPRIZE Wildfire innovators who share our commitment to preventing catastrophic fires."
"We are inspired by the creativity and ingenuity the XPRIZE competitors are bringing to this big and urgent challenge," said Genny Biggs, program director of the Wildfire Resilience Initiative at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. "We all know the risks of wildfire and we need innovative and practical solutions. These advancing teams are putting the solutions we need into action."聽
"At Lockheed Martin, we're committed to harnessing the power of innovation to address some of the world's most pressing challenges, including the growing threat of wildfires," said Robert Head, acting senior vice president of Lockheed Martin Government Affairs. "As an XPRIZE Wildfire bonus prize sponsor, we're excited to recognize exceptional performance in accurate wildfire detection and support the development of cutting-edge technologies that can help save lives, protect communities, and preserve our natural resources."
At the end of the competition in 2026, the winning team in each track will receive
Full lists of semifinalist and finalist teams can be found at .
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About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than sixteen million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and
About Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation fosters path-breaking scientific discovery, environmental conservation, patient care improvements and preservation of the special character of the Bay Area. Visit 聽or follow @MooreFound.
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