Safe Pro Group Upgrades U.S. Army Drones for AI Landmine Detection

Published Date : 22-07-2025 

Safe Pro Group Inc. has successfully integrated its AI object detection models with U.S. Army drones, providing enhanced explosive threat detection and force protection capabilities. 

Safe Pro Group Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAI), a leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered defense and security solutions, has announced the successful integration of its patented AI object detection models with drone platforms selected for the U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Program of Record. This integration aims to enhance the U.S. Army’s future fleet of drones with advanced explosive threat detection, force protection, and essential intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities using Safe Pro’s AI-powered computer vision technologies.

This development supports the U.S. Army’s evolving need for real-time threat detection and ISR capabilities across its next-generation drone fleet. Safe Pro’s proprietary computer vision technology enhances these drones with battlefield-proven AI models capable of rapidly identifying explosive threats and other hazards in complex environments.

A new video demonstrating Safe Pro AI’s threat detection capability operating in Ukraine can be seen by clicking here. Following more than 2.5 years of successful operations conducted in Ukraine and in the United States, Safe Pro is engaging with stakeholders to bring AI-powered, real-time threat detection capabilities to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), including prime contractors supporting the U.S. Army’s SRR Drone program.

“Building upon our deployments in Ukraine, we are hyper-focused on supporting the U.S. Army with cutting-edge, real-time threat detection capabilities. We are proving in real-world operations that our novel battle-tested AI for small object detection can enhance existing and future drone platforms, better enabling them to address the challenges of modern force protection,” said Dan Erdberg, chairman and CEO of Safe Pro Group Inc.

Safe Pro’s AI-powered drone-based imagery analysis platform can detect and identify over 150 types of landmines and unexploded ordnance in a fraction of a second per image, rapidly delivering mission-critical situational awareness. Whether deployed on the edge in real-time (SpotlightAI™ OnSite) or leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) on the cloud (SpotlightAI™), the Company’s Safe Pro Object Threat Detection (SPOTD) technology can scale globally, offering solutions for rapid battlefield analysis as well as supporting large-scale commercial and humanitarian demining operations. Powering the Company’s SPOTD technology, Safe Pro’s unique real-world datasets include high-resolution drone imagery and GPS-tagged geospatial data encompassing over 1.66 million drone images analyzed to date, and 28,000+ threats identified across 6,705 hectares in Ukraine, an area nearly equivalent in size to Manhattan.

As previously communicated, Safe Pro sees significant opportunities for its patented AI-powered computer vision technologies for the rapid analysis of drone-based imagery following the passage of the OBBBA. The bill allocates as much as $30 billion in direct spending on drones and artificial intelligence and broader defense modernization for the Department of Defense (DoD).

Safe Pro is utilizing its real-world dataset to develop new, real-time force protection solutions for soldiers by integrating the technology into the TAK software ecosystem, which includes the U.S. Army’s ATAK (Android Tactical Assault Kit) platform. Integration of SPOTD into ATAK can allow detections of small explosive threats instantly identified in drone-based imagery by the Company’s AI technology to be quickly shared across potentially hundreds of thousands of soldier-carried and vehicle-mounted, wireless-connected devices widely utilized by the U.S. Armed Forces.

For more information about Safe Pro Group, its subsidiaries, and technologies, please visit https://safeprogroup.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, X, and Instagram.

About Safe Pro Group Inc.

Safe Pro Group Inc. is a mission-driven technology company delivering AI-enabled security and defense solutions. Through cutting-edge platforms like SPOTD, Safe Pro provides advanced situational awareness tools for defense, humanitarian, and homeland security applications globally. It 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/. 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS): 

Q: What is the U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Program?

A: The U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Program is an initiative aimed at enhancing the Army’s combat capabilities through the deployment of advanced small uncrewed aircraft systems (drones) for reconnaissance and surveillance missions.

Q: How does Safe Pro Group's AI technology work?

A: Safe Pro Group’s AI technology uses proprietary computer vision models to rapidly detect and identify over 150 types of landmines and unexploded ordnance in drone-based imagery, providing real-time threat detection and situational awareness.

Q: What is the significance of the OBBBA bill for Safe Pro Group?

A: The OBBBA bill allocates significant funding for drones and artificial intelligence, creating substantial opportunities for Safe Pro Group to expand its AI-powered computer vision technologies in defense and security applications.

Q: How does Safe Pro Group’s technology integrate with the U.S. Army’s ATAK platform?

A: Safe Pro Group’s SPOTD technology can be integrated into the U.S. Army’s ATAK (Android Tactical Assault Kit) platform, allowing real-time threat detections to be shared across soldier-carried and vehicle-mounted devices, enhancing force protection.

Q: What are the potential applications of Safe Pro Group’s AI technology beyond military use?

A: Safe Pro Group’s AI technology can be applied to various sectors, including commercial, government, law enforcement, and humanitarian operations, for rapid and efficient threat detection and situational awareness. 

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