Safe Pro Group Issued Official Request by Ukraine to Secure $5 Million for AI-Powered Drone Demining Packages
December 30 2024 - 7:03AM
Business Wire
Ukraine Officially Requests Safe Pro’s AI
Powered Drone Demining Capabilities to Significantly Increase the
Efficiency and Safety of Demining Efforts
Safe Pro Group Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAI) (“Safe Pro” or the
“Company”), a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)
solutions specializing in drone imagery processing, today announced
that it has received an official request from Ukraine’s State
Special Transport Service (SSTS) to secure $5 Million for the
purchase up to 50 (fifty) Safe Pro AI Powered Drone Demining
packages for its trained units. Ukraine’s SSTS is an organization
of over 20,000 staff with over 5,000 trained deminers with a
mission similar to that of the US Army Corps of Engineers who are
currently collaborating and sharing their knowledge of large-scale
reconstruction projects. To view a video and learn more about
Ukraine’s SSTS mission and their organization click here.
The Safe Pro AI Drone Demining Packages are designed to
significantly increase efficiency and safety during the performance
of demining tasks and to facilitate the survey of terrain for
planning and construction projects. Designed in collaboration with
SSTS as a turnkey system, these packages can support demining
survey teams utilizing the Company’s patented SpotlightAI™ threat
detection platform with integrated 2D/3D mapping. Each package also
includes an array of standardized demining hardware, ballistic
protection gear, as well as multiple, commercially available survey
drones, vehicle, spare parts and power supplies. Safe Pro is
engaging with Government Lobbyists, prime contractors and
stakeholders to facilitate the purchase of the demining
packages.
Currently in Ukraine, an area estimated to exceed 139,300 km2
(Source: Ministry of Economy of Ukraine as of August 2024) (roughly
equivalent to the area of the State of North Carolina) is
potentially contaminated by landmines and unexploded ordnance
(UXO). This includes significant portions of agricultural land
resulting in staggering economic losses, estimated at over $50
billion. Utilizing existing methodologies, it could take more than
a decade and cost more than $35 Billion (The World Bank, The
Ukraine Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment, February 2024), to
survey and clear the comminated land in Ukraine.
“Having worked in Ukraine for over 2 years, we have witnessed
the massive reconstruction challenges facing the SSTS which demands
a scalable approach with new, field-proven technologies. Current
methodologies and processes are not designed to address the
magnitude of the landmine crisis in Ukraine and that is why we have
worked with SSTS to modernize their demining survey capabilities.
We are diligently working with our stakeholders to attempt to
secure funding for the purchase of our demining kits to support the
brave men and women of the SSTS in their mission to address their
landmine crisis,” said Dan Erdberg, Chairman and CEO of Safe Pro
Group Inc.
Safe Pro’s proprietary AI models have analyzed more than 921,471
drone images in Ukraine, pinpointing over 16,540 explosive remnants
of war (ERW) across 4,219 hectares (over 10,424 acres). Operating
at lightning speed on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud,
SpotlightAI™ analyzes each drone image in less than 0.2 seconds. In
contrast, traditional human analysis can take several minutes per
image-a process that could span decades if done manually.
The SpotlightAI™ software ecosystem utilizes advanced machine
learning (ML) models for small object detection and data reporting
built on an extensive proprietary dataset capable of rapidly
identifying and locating 150+ types of land mines and UXO.
Operating locally for rapid object detection and locating, or
through the hyper scalability of the AWS Cloud, SpotlightAI™ can
process massive amounts of sub-centimeter-level drone imagery,
providing customers with unique flexibility based on evolving
operational needs. Enhanced with the hyper scalability of the AWS
cloud, SpotlightAI™ can securely generate detailed, high-resolution
orthomosaic maps highlighting objects of interest and can plot
detection results on customizable, GPS-tagged,
sub-centimeter-level, high resolution 2D and enhanced, interactive
3D maps. These maps can provide a “bird’s-eye view” of the surveyed
area, delivering enhanced situational awareness for planning
clearing and land release efforts by local governments and
humanitarian aid organizations.
For more information about Safe Pro Group, its subsidiaries, and
technologies, please visit https://safeprogroup.com and connect
with us on LinkedIn, Facebook and X.
About Safe Pro Group Inc.
Safe Pro Group is a leading provider of artificial intelligence
(AI) solutions specializing in drone imagery processing leveraging
commercially available “off-the-shelf” drones with its proprietary
machine learning and computer vision technology to enable rapid
identification of explosives threats, providing a much safer and
more efficient alternative to traditional human-based analysis
methods. Built on a cloud-based ecosystem and powered by Amazon Web
Services (AWS), Safe Pro Group’s scalable platform is targeting
multiple markets that include commercial, government, law
enforcement and humanitarian sectors where its Safe Pro AI
software, Safe-Pro USA protective gear and Airborne Response
drone-based services can work in synergy to deliver safety and
operational efficiency. For more information on Safe Pro Group
Inc., please visit https://safeprogroup.com/.
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include, without limitation, the ability of Safe Pro Group to
locate funding for the request made by the Ukraine government.
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only as of its date. Safe Pro Group undertakes no obligation to
update any forward-looking statements contained in this press
release to reflect events or circumstances occurring after its date
or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as
required by law.
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