FireForce VI Digital Garden 🌱🔥

Engineering the Future of Wildfire Combat Through Systems Engineering

Welcome to the FireForce VI Digital Garden - a comprehensive knowledge base documenting the design, architecture, and development of a sixth-generation autonomous wildfire fighting system-of-systems.

🔥 About FireForce VI

FireForce VI is an ambitious educational project that tackles California's devastating wildfire crisis through advanced systems engineering. With annual losses exceeding $275B and 2.3M+ acres burned, traditional firefighting methods are no longer sufficient. This project explores how:

• Space-based sensors detect fires minutes after ignition
• Autonomous drone fleets coordinate suppression operations in real-time
• AI decision systems optimize resource allocation across multiple fire zones
• Digital twin technology enables testing and validation without risk
• Human-centric interfaces maintain command authority while leveraging AI capabilities

📚 What's Inside

This digital garden contains comprehensive documentation organized into:

Core Documentation

• Problem & Inspiration - Understanding the wildfire crisis and aerospace-inspired solutions
• System Requirements - Technical specifications and performance targets
• Success Criteria - Stakeholder validation and acceptance requirements
• Operational Scenario - Real-world mission execution examples
• Engineering Competencies - Skills and learning objectives

Development Environments (Dev Work Packages)

1. Project Environment - Mission-critical project visibility and tracking
2. Modeling Environment - Collaborative OML-based system modeling
3. Development CoPilot - AI-powered systems engineering assistant
4. Testing Environment - Integrated test execution and validation

System-of-Systems (SoS Work Packages)

1. Fire Satellite - Space-based early warning constellation
2. Scout Drone - Autonomous reconnaissance platforms
3. Tanker Drone - Heavy-lift fire suppression drones
4. Fire Cloud - Distributed real-time coordination platform
5. AI Fire Warden - Intelligent mission coordination system
6. Mission Control - Human-machine command interface
7. Environment Simulation - Physics-based digital twin
8. SoS Architecture - Formal system architecture models (OML)
9. SoS Integration - End-to-end system integration and testing

🚀 Getting Started

Viewing the Digital Garden

Visit the published site: https://fireforce6.github.io

Editing Content with Obsidian

The content lives in the fireforce6/ folder as an Obsidian vault. You can edit it using Obsidian for the best experience with wiki-style linking and live preview.

Setting Up Obsidian

1. Download and Install Obsidian

   • Visit https://obsidian.md
   • Download and install for your platform (Windows, macOS, or Linux)

2. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/fireforce6/fireforce6.github.io.git
   cd fireforce6.github.io

3. Open Vault in Obsidian

   • Launch Obsidian
   • Click "Open folder as vault"
   • Navigate to and select the fireforce6/ folder
   • Obsidian will now open your vault

4. Start Editing

   • Edit any .md file in Obsidian
   • Use [[Page Name]] syntax for wiki-style links
   • Add images to the Assets/ folder
   • Changes are automatically saved

5. Preview Changes Locally

   # In the repository root
   npx quartz build --serve -d fireforce6

   • Visit http://localhost:8080 to see your changes

6. Commit and Push

   git add .
   git commit -m "Update documentation"
   git push

   • GitHub Actions will automatically rebuild and deploy your site

Obsidian Tips

• Command Palette: Press Ctrl/Cmd + P for quick actions
• Graph View: Click the graph icon to visualize page connections
• Quick Switcher: Press Ctrl/Cmd + O to quickly jump between pages
• Link Autocomplete: Type [[ to see a list of pages to link to
• Backlinks: See which pages link to the current page in the right sidebar

Local Development

This digital garden is built with Quartz 4, a fast, batteries-included static site generator for publishing Obsidian vaults.

Prerequisites

• Node.js v22+
• npm v10.9.2+

Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/fireforce6/fireforce6.github.io.git
cd fireforce6.github.io

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start local development server
npx quartz build --serve

# Or use the convenience script
./start.sh

The site will be available at http://localhost:8080

Building for Production

# Build the static site
npx quartz build

# Output will be in the /public directory

📁 Repository Structure

fireforce6.github.io/
├── fireforce6/                    # Obsidian vault (source content)
│   ├── *.md                      # Main documentation pages
│   ├── Assets/                   # Images and media
│   ├── Dev Work Packages/        # Development environment docs
│   └── SoS Work Packages/        # System component docs
├── public/                        # Generated static site
├── quartz/                        # Quartz static site generator
├── quartz.config.ts              # Site configuration
├── quartz.layout.tsx             # Layout customization
└── package.json                  # Node.js dependencies

✨ Features

• 📝 Wiki-style linking - Seamless navigation between related concepts
• 🔍 Full-text search - Find information quickly across all documents
• 📊 Interactive diagrams - Visual system architectures and flows
• 🎨 Syntax highlighting - Code examples with beautiful formatting
• 📱 Responsive design - Works on desktop, tablet, and mobile
• 🌙 Dark mode - Easy on the eyes for extended reading
• 🔗 Backlinks - Discover connections between topics
• 📈 Graph view - Visualize the knowledge network

🤝 Contributing

This is an educational project documenting a systems engineering approach to autonomous wildfire response. Contributions, suggestions, and improvements are welcome!

Content Guidelines

• Use Markdown with wiki-style [[links]] for cross-references
• Place images in fireforce6/Assets/ directory
• Follow the established document structure (Overview → Challenge → Capabilities → Architecture → etc.)
• Maintain technical accuracy and include citations where appropriate
• Use appropriate frontmatter metadata for SEO and organization

Submitting Changes

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-improvement)
3. Make your changes to files in the fireforce6/ directory
4. Test locally with npx quartz build --serve
5. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing improvement')
6. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-improvement)
7. Open a Pull Request

🎓 Educational Context

FireForce VI is designed as a systems engineering educational project that:

• Demonstrates Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using OML
• Applies system-of-systems architecture principles
• Explores autonomous systems coordination and AI decision-making
• Practices safety-critical systems design and validation
• Teaches requirements engineering and traceability
• Develops real-time distributed systems expertise

📖 Related Resources

• Ontological Modeling Language (OML)
• ROS2 Documentation
• NASA Systems Engineering Handbook
• INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook
• NVIDIA Omniverse for Digital Twins

📜 License

For licensing arrangements and intellectual property inquiries, please contact the Primary Investigator, Dr. Maged Elaasar at modelwaresolutions@gmail.com.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with Quartz by jackyzha0
• Inspired by aerospace systems engineering practices
• Digital twin concept based on NVIDIA/Lockheed Martin wildfire AI
• Project structure influenced by modern systems engineering frameworks

🤝 Partnerships & Collaboration

We actively encourage partnerships with:

• Academic institutions interested in systems engineering education
• Industry partners in aerospace, defense, or autonomous systems
• Research organizations exploring wildfire response technologies
• Technology companies developing relevant hardware or software solutions

For partnership inquiries, please contact:

Dr. Maged Elaasar
Primary Investigator
Modelware Solutions
📧 modelwaresolutions@gmail.com

📬 Contact

For questions, suggestions, or technical discussions:

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions

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🔥 FireForce VI - Engineering autonomous solutions for wildfire response through rigorous systems engineering