On Thursday, Safe Pro Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SPAI) announced that its subsidiary Safe Pro AI has completed a Phase III drone research operation in Ukraine based on a purchase order (PO) awarded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The company analyzed land in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine. It provided the UNDP with detailed reports and research data on items of interest as detected by its artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models.
Safe Pro carried out the activity in the Kharkiv region in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
This mine action project was carried out in cooperation with the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy (MoE) and was supported by Croatia, France, Malta, the Netherlands and Sweden. The project demonstrated innovative tools and methodologies using unmanned aerial vehicles/unmanned ground vehicles (UAVs/UGVs) to improve the efficiency of mine clearance in agricultural areas.
The latest Phase III operation is the culmination of more than a year of testing under UNDP’s Technology Evaluation Programme, including:
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Phase I: In June 2023, Safe Pro AI participated in a funded demonstration in Ukraine, using artificial intelligence to provide detailed survey analysis.
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Phase II: In May 2024, Safe Pro AI was invited to participate in the Phase II test in Ukraine, which was completed in June 2024. The artificial intelligence provided a detailed surveying analysis.
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Phase III—In July 2024, Safe Pro AI received a PO from the UNDP for a Phase III operation, specifically analyzing drone-based imagery of an active, heavily contaminated minefield in a previously occupied area of ​​Kharkiv Oblast. Safe Pro AI provided detailed survey data analysis using artificial intelligence to the UNDP, including the detection of hundreds of items of interest.
Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), SpotlightAI is the company’s hyper-scalable, cloud-based ecosystem of tools for analyzing imagery collected by Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) drones.
It uses advanced machine learning models to detect small objects and report data, based on an extensive, proprietary dataset that can identify over 150 types of landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and explosive remnants of war (ERW).
It can quickly identify detected landmines and UXO, perform GPS localization, and produce high-resolution orthomosaic maps from drone-captured imagery, significantly reducing the time and cost of human-based image analysis.
Price promotion: SPAI shares rose 2.21% to $4.63 before market close on Thursday at last check.
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