Safe Pro's Airborne Response Emergency Drone Flight Crews Deployed by Multiple Florida Enterprise Customers in Massive Hurricane Milton Recovery Effort
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Safe Pro Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SPAI) announced that its subsidiary, Airborne Response, has deployed unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) teams to support recovery efforts in Florida following Hurricane Milton. The Category 3 storm has left approximately 2.4 million Floridians without power. Airborne's drone teams are assisting multiple customers, including:
1. The state's largest power utility (existing contract)
2. Florida's second largest municipal utility operator (new emergency services contract)
3. Citizens Property Insurance (for rapid property damage assessment)
Airborne Response has been supporting disaster response efforts in Florida for nearly a decade, with dozens of trained pilots ready to respond. Their services are important for assessing damage to critical infrastructure, power grids, and residences, enabling swift response to severe weather incidents.
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- Deployment of UAS teams for multiple Florida enterprise customers in hurricane recovery efforts
- New emergency services contract awarded by Florida's second largest municipal utility operator
- Expansion of customer base including power utilities and insurance companies
- Demonstrated capability in critical infrastructure damage assessment and disaster response
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On the day this news was published, SPAI declined 2.82%, reflecting a moderate negative market reaction.
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- Airborne Response Crews Are Working to Support Power Restoration to an Estimated 2.4 Million Floridians -
- New Municipal Public Utility Customer Taps Airborne Response for Drone-Based Damage Assessment Amidst Ongoing Recovery from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton -
AVENTURA, FL / ACCESSWIRE / October 11, 2024 / Safe Pro Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SPAI) ("Safe Pro" or the "Company"), a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions specializing in aerial imagery processing, today announced that its Mission Critical Unmanned Solutions® subsidiary, Airborne Response (Airborne), has deployed its uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) teams in support of new and existing customers as part of the massive recovery efforts now being conducted in Florida following Hurricane Milton, a large Category 3 storm which made landfall on Wednesday.
According to Poweroutage.us, approximately 2.4 million people in Florida are without power as a result of Hurricane Milton. Airborne's flight crews are already actively supporting the state's largest power utility under contract, assisting restoration efforts in response to storm damage and it was recently awarded a new emergency services contract by Florida's second largest municipal utility operator to provide personnel, equipment and assistance in response to disaster events such as hurricanes. Airbornes' drone teams are now deployed across multiple Florida counties supporting its power utility clients as well as other customers including Citizens Property Insurance who is utilizing its services to rapidly assess property damage claims.
"The growing use of drones in critical infrastructure damage assessment following hurricanes like Helene and Milton demonstrates our capabilities' vital role in service restoration. Our flight teams are now actively supporting multiple customers across the state in what is expected to be a massive recovery effort in the weeks ahead. We thank our dedicated flight crew members for their efforts to help restore essential services to the millions of Floridians impacted by this major storm," said Dan Erdberg, Chairman and CEO of Safe Pro Group Inc.
As one of Florida's top aerial managed services providers, Airborne has dozens of pilots trained and ready to respond in the aftermath of a hurricane landfall. Its drone services have supported disaster response efforts in Florida for nearly a decade.
Airborne Response customers include leading energy, telecommunications, and insurance firms across Florida. Its flight teams utilize sUAS to help assess the condition of Florida's power grid and evaluate storm damage to residences. It also conducts other emergency and disaster flight services to enable a swift response to severe weather incidents, such as rapidly intensifying major hurricanes impacting critical infrastructure. Airborne Response is currently onboarding new customers for on-demand disaster drone flight services throughout the Southern U.S.
A video introduction to Airborne Response's aerial drone services can be found here.
For more information about Airborne Response, please visit airborneresponse.com. If you are a remote pilot available for work, please visit pilots.airborneresponse.com. To learn more about Safe Pro Group, its subsidiaries, and technologies, please visit https://safeprogroup.com/ and connect with us on Linked-In, 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 for humanitarian mine-clearing efforts. The Company leverages commercially available "off-the-shelf" drones with its proprietary machine learning and computer vision technology to rapidly identify explosive threats which provides a much safer and more efficient alternative to traditional human-based methods to analyze minefields. Built on a cloud-based ecosystem powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Safe Pro Group's scalable platform is targeting multiple markets that include government, humanitarian aid, law enforcement, military and commercial sectors where its AI, protective gear, and 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/.
About Airborne Response
Airborne Response is the premier provider of Mission Critical Unmanned Solutions®, capturing aerial intelligence using small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS). Airborne Response serves industry and government customers in the critical infrastructure, emergency services, and disaster response sectors. Airborne Response is a wholly owned subsidiary of Safe Pro Group Inc., a U.S. safety and security solutions dedicated to protecting those who protect us all. For more information on Airborne Response, please visit: http://airborneresponse.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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