Picture this. It's a summer evening in Australia. A dry lightning storm is about to sweep across remote, tinder-dry bushland.

Drones will this year begin delivering essential medicines to people in rural and remote Australia. Melbourne start-up Swoop Aero has signed a deal with chain Terry White Chemmart to deliver ...

This is not science fiction. It is a feasible vision for using drone technology to manage bushfires in Australia, outlined in the federal government's recent roadmap , which we authored.