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250 GEN III Systems Delivered
We want to take a moment to thank you for your continued support as we recently reached a milestone of delivering the 250th GEN III system. This now makes GEN III the highest selling version of the FRDS. Thank you again for your continued business and support of Trotter Controls and the FRDS GEN III.
Aerospace & Defense Review 2026 Award
Trotter Controls has been awarded the “Aerial Firefighting Equipment System of the Year 2026” by Aerospace & Defense Review and has been named among “Top A&D Manufacturers”. See the full Aerospace & Defense Review article here.
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.
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
October 2026
Trotter Controls has been awarded the “Aerial Firefighting Equipment System of the Year 2026” by Aerospace & Defense Review and has been named among “Top A&D Manufacturers”.
Read more at AerospaceDefenseReview.com
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