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Aerial Firefighting (AFF) Europe 2023
Join us at AFF 2023 in Athens October 17-18 and say hello to Trotter Controls in the ballroom!
100 GEN III Systems Delivered
Since 2020, Trotter Controls has delivered more than 100 GEN III FRDS systems worldwide. We would like to express our gratitude to all of our customers, partners, and employees for making this possible.
National Convention and Trade Show (AAAA) 2023
Join us at AAAA 2023 in Surfers Paradise June 5-7 and say hello to Trotter Controls at booth 27!
Aerial Firefighting (AFF) North America 2023
Join us at AFF 2023 in Seattle April 3-4 and say hello to Trotter Controls at booth 505!
US PATENT PENDING
Trotter Controls FRDS GEN III and other patents are now pending under the US Patent 11,046,433. Currently, Trotter Controls owns over 25 certified patents.
CERTIFIED AND APPROVED
With an FAA STC issued, and USFS, IAB and BLM approval, FRDS GEN III has been greenlit to bring the fight to wildfires across the US.
Articles
February 2024
Trotter Controls in partnership with v2track has completed the integration of the v2track system with the DataVault telemetry system for aerial firefighting aircraft world-wide.
Read more at AerialFireMag.com
March 2021
Trotter Controls' electric equipment replaces the heavier, more expensive to maintain hydraulic systems.
Read more at DallasInnovate.com
February 2021
Trotter Controls has partnered with Austin American Technology for their batch cleaning needs.
Read more at AAT-Corp.com
July 2020
Nowadays, aircraft operators and fire-fighting authorities take for granted capabilities that up until a few years ago didn’t exist.
Read more at AerialFireMag.com
May 2020
The Gen III firegate is a state-of-the-art, all-electric, lightweight next-generation of firegate systems shipped worldwide.
Read more at AerialFireMag.com
May 2019
Fred Fahey Aerial Services, has become the world’s first fire-fighting operator to fight fires with the all-electric FRDS GEN III firegate designed and manufactured by Trotter Controls.
Read more at AerialFireMag.com