Contour Helicopters Ltd. (Contour) and Voxelis Canada Corporation announced that Contour is joining the Voxelis Early Customer Adoption Program as a technology launch partner for the Voxelis VoxVision system.

VoxVision is an AI-enabled vision and data collection platform that will evolve and expand the utility of the helicopter using the latest generation of onboard AI computing and deep learning.

As an ECAP Program Member Contour Helicopters will be the first to benefit from Voxelis’ innovative technologies, which represent a significant leap forward in AI-driven mission enhancements for the civilian fleet.

This collaboration not only underscores Contour’s commitment to providing the utmost value to its customers through technology investments in its fleet, but also positions Voxelis at the forefront of helicopter industry innovation.

“The 2023 wildfire season showed the urgency with which the industry needs to improve its wildfire suppression capabilities. VoxVision will be the first low cost, mass-deployed, certified AI-edge computing platform for the civilian helicopter fleet, and will provide a technology platform to rapidly evolve and expand the wildfire mission capabilities of our customers’ helicopters with the next generation of AI,” said Colin O’Neill, CEO and co-founder of Voxelis. “We are thrilled that Contour Helicopters is joining the Voxelis Early Customer Adoption Program to introduce this technology to the market.”

“The devastating 2023 showed that our industry needs to accelerate its efforts to improve wildfire response capability,” said Colin Pelton, president of Contour Helicopters. “We are excited to join the Voxelis ECAP program as a launch partner to introduce AI technology to our SK70 Firehawk and AS350 aircraft. With Voxelis’ technology and our investments in the NVG-equipped Firehawk, we aim to provide our wildfire agency customers with industry-leading capabilities to lead the fight against wildfires.”

The launch customer agreement marks a milestone moment for both Voxelis and Contour Helicopters and a common mission to transform aerial wildfire suppression with AI technology.