WELCOME TO SAFE PRO AI
INNOVATING PROTECTION
Safe Pro AI (a Safe Pro Group Inc. company) was founded in 2020 following years of research into the utilization of drones and AI (artificial intelligence) to automate the detection of landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO)or improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other safety threats.
Safe Pro AI’s machine learning and vision-based processing capabilities are being leveraged with Safe Pro Group’s drone operational expertise to deliver a powerful ‘Next-Gen’ approach to situational awareness.This new capability is also synergistic with other Safe Pro Group portfolio solutions, for example, more effectively guiding and aiding ground personnel equipped with our state-of-the-art ballistic protection products in completing their life-saving security missions or in accelerating the drone-based analysis of critical infrastructure.
THE NEED FOR NEXT-GEN MINE DETECTION
Artificial intelligence and drones can be useful tools in the de-mining process in both in active conflicts zones such as Ukraine or in post-combat areas such as Afghanistan, Kuwait, or Bosnia-Herzegovina. According to recent data from Statista and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition, the threat of anti-personnel landmines and/or unexploded ordnance is present in over 60 countries across Africa, the Middle East, South America, Southeast Asia, and throughout mainland China and Russia. These explosive devices expose millions of civilians to life-threatening injuries and death on a daily basis (7,000+ casualties per year).
The global scope and scale of the issue confirms the inadequacy of today’s manual demining process as being slow, labor-intensive, and dangerous. That is why Safe Pro AI believes there is a clear need for innovative and practical ways to increase the efficiency and safety of demining utilizing drones and AI/machine learning technology.
Our Team
Dan Erdberg
Dan Erdberg has over 20+ years serving as a technology executive and led public listings on NASDAQ in the Drone and 5G wireless communications sectors.
Jasper Baur
Jasper Baur is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University researching landmine detection with a specialization in remote sensing, computer vision, and near-surface geophysics.
Gabriel Steinberg
Gabriel Steinberg has worked in multiple state-of-the-art AI & software teams in universities & industry implementing technologies for bioinformatics, drone-based computer vision, bioacoustic monitoring and large scale digital twin simulations.
Dr. John Frucci
Dr. Frucci serves as the Chairman of the Safe Pro AI Advisory Board and is currently the Director of the Center for Fire & Explosives, Forensic Investigations Training & Research (CENFEX) and of the Global Consortium for Explosive Hazard Mitigation at Oklahoma State University.
Freddy Lee Polk
Mr. Polk is a leader and expert in the development of business operations and training programs designed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public and private sector organizations. Mr. Polk led multiple missions in natural disasters and conflict-driven crises including Afghanistan, Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, Sudan and Haiti, as a Senior humanitarian Advisor for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) & UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA).
Carl E. Case
Mr. Case served in the US Army for over 26 years, holding positions in planning, directing, and advising military operations including over two decades with the Organization of American States (OAS) Program of Comprehensive Action Against Antipersonnel Mines.
Anthony W. Brinkley
Mr. Brinkley has over 34 years of experience in the Unexploded Ordnance Disposal (UXO)/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (OED) industry including 25 years with the U.S. Navy. Mr. Brinkley has continued to support the EOD community by conducting and overseeing hundreds of Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) removal projects.
Louis Wise
Mr. Wise led a distinguished 36-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as a senior intelligence officer (RET). Working in CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology, he was involved in many critical Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) development programs and was an early pioneer in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) development in the mid 1980’s and is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Drones. Mr. Wise holds various patents and was directly involved in the development of digital imagery and communications technology used in national defense and counter terrorism.