Safe Pro Positioned to Capitalize on $30+ Billion in New U.S. Defense Spending on AI and Drones in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

Rhea-AI Summary

Safe Pro Group (NASDAQ:SPAI) is positioning itself to capitalize on the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which allocates $33 billion for drone and AI defense modernization. The bill, signed on July 4, 2025, includes $13.5 billion for unmanned systems and $16 billion for AI initiatives across defense and border operations.

The company's AI-powered drone imagery analysis platform, featuring SpotlightAI™ technology, can detect over 150 types of landmines and unexploded ordnance in under a second. The system has already analyzed 1.66 million drone images and identified 28,000+ threats across 6,705 hectares in Ukraine. Safe Pro is also developing integration with the U.S. Army's ATAK platform for enhanced force protection capabilities.

Positive

• Potential access to $33 billion in new government funding for AI and drone technologies
• Proven track record with 1.66 million drone images analyzed and 28,000+ threats identified
• Integration capabilities with U.S. Army's ATAK platform
• Battle-tested technology with real-world implementation in Ukraine
• Scalable solution available both on-site and cloud-based through AWS

Negative

• High dependence on government contracts and funding
• Competitive market for defense contracts with established prime contractors
• Success contingent on securing portion of newly allocated funding

Company advancing ongoing discussions with Department of Defense and prime contractors who will benefit from massive additional funding availability

AVENTURA, FL / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2025 / Safe Pro Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SPAI) ("Safe Pro" or the "Company"), an emerging leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security and threat detection solutions, today announces that it sees significant opportunities for its patented AI-powered computer vision technologies for the rapid analysis of drone-based imagery following the passage of the U.S. government's One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The bill allocates as much as $33 billion in direct spending on drones and artificial intelligence and broader defense modernization for the Department of Defense (DoD).

Signed into law on July 4, 2025, the OBBBA represents a historic federal commitment to unmanned systems (or drones) and artificial intelligence. Included in the bill is $13.5 billion committed to unmanned systems and $16 billion for investment into government-wide AI initiatives across defense, federal IT modernization and border operations. These investments, slated for Fiscal 2026 collectively, create large opportunities for U.S.-based providers like Safe Pro Group as the funding drives demand for innovation in technologies and field-proven solutions that can utilize drones and AI to address evolving threats, both on the battlefield and domestically, for national security and public safety.

"As the United States seeks to harness the power of drones and AI to support the warfighter and protect its borders, we believe that the passage of the OBBBA creates significant opportunities for our unique, battle-tested imagery analysis technology within the Department of Defense. We look forward to advancing our activities with the multiple program executive offices within the DoD and prime contractors supporting customers on fulfilling new AI capabilities with this new funding," said Dan Erdberg, chairman and CEO of Safe Pro Group Inc.

The Company'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^TM OnSite) or leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) on the cloud (SpotlightAI^TM), 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.

This dataset is also being used 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 or ATAK) 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/.

Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve risks and uncertainties. Although Safe Pro Group believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, expectations may prove to have been materially different from the results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Safe Pro Group has attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including ''believes,'' ''estimates,'' ''anticipates,'' ''expects,'' ''plans,'' ''projects,'' ''intends,'' ''potential,'' ''may,'' ''could,'' ''might,'' ''will,'' ''should,'' ''approximately'' or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including market and other conditions. There can be no assurance that inclusion in the Russell Microcap Index will have any appreciable effect on the Company's market capitalization or market liquidity. More detailed information about the Company and the risk factors that may affect the realization of forward-looking statements is set forth under Item 1A. in the Company's most recently filed Form 10-K and updated from time to time in the Company's Form 10-Q filings and in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), copies of which may be obtained from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak 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.

Media Relations for Safe Pro Group Inc.:
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Investor Relations for Safe Pro Group Inc.:
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Hayden IR
(646) 536-7331
Brett@haydenir.com

SOURCE: Safe Pro Group Inc.

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FAQ

How much funding does the One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocate for AI and drone defense?

The OBBBA allocates $33 billion in total, with $13.5 billion for unmanned systems and $16 billion for AI initiatives across defense and border operations.

What is Safe Pro's (SPAI) main AI technology capability?

Safe Pro's AI technology can detect and identify over 150 types of landmines and unexploded ordnance in less than a second per image through their SPOTD (Safe Pro Object Threat Detection) system.

How many threats has Safe Pro's (SPAI) technology identified in Ukraine?

Safe Pro has identified over 28,000 threats across 6,705 hectares in Ukraine, analyzing 1.66 million drone images in total.

How is Safe Pro (SPAI) integrating with military systems?

Safe Pro is integrating its SPOTD technology into the TAK software ecosystem, including the U.S. Army's ATAK (Android Tactical Assault Kit) platform for enhanced force protection capabilities.

What deployment options does Safe Pro (SPAI) offer for its AI technology?

Safe Pro offers two deployment options: SpotlightAI OnSite for real-time edge deployment and SpotlightAI for cloud-based deployment through Amazon Web Services (AWS).