Safe Pro Group (NASDAQ: SPAI) and Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) have announced preliminary results from an 18-month field study validating the impact of Safe Pro’s SpotlightAI technology on humanitarian demining operations in Ukraine. The findings, presented at the 2025 GICHD Innovation Conference, demonstrate significant improvements in efficiency and cost reduction, underscoring the potential of AI-augmented drone imagery to transform global demining efforts.
The study showed that SpotlightAI improved survey productivity by more than 800%, detected 550% more unexploded ordnance per hectare, and cut survey costs by roughly 50%. These results were achieved by using commercially available off-the-shelf drones equipped with Safe Pro’s proprietary machine learning and computer vision technology. The system enables rapid identification of explosive threats, providing a safer and more efficient alternative to traditional human-based analysis methods.
Safe Pro Group is a mission-driven technology company delivering AI-enabled security and defense solutions. Its platforms, such as SPOTD, provide advanced situational awareness tools for defense, humanitarian, and homeland security applications globally. The company’s AI solutions specialize in drone imagery processing, leveraging a cloud-based ecosystem powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). This scalability allows Safe Pro to target multiple markets, including commercial, government, law enforcement, and humanitarian sectors.
The partnership with NPA, a leading humanitarian organization in mine action, highlights the practical application of Safe Pro’s technology in real-world conditions. The 18-month field study in Ukraine, one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world, provides concrete evidence of how AI can accelerate demining operations while reducing costs and risks to personnel.
These findings have significant implications for global humanitarian efforts. Traditional demining methods are slow, dangerous, and expensive. By integrating AI with drone technology, organizations can survey larger areas more quickly and accurately, potentially saving lives and speeding up the return of land to safe use. The 800% efficiency gain means that tasks that previously took weeks can now be completed in days.
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Safe Pro Group’s technology is built on a foundation of advanced machine learning and computer vision, trained on vast datasets of explosive ordnance. This allows the system to detect even small or partially buried threats that might be missed by human surveyors. The cloud-based platform also enables real-time data sharing and analysis, facilitating coordination among demining teams.
The success of this study positions Safe Pro Group as a key player in the growing field of AI-driven humanitarian technology. As conflicts and contamination continue to pose threats worldwide, the demand for efficient, cost-effective demining solutions is likely to increase. The results from Ukraine offer a blueprint for how technology can be leveraged to address one of the most pressing humanitarian challenges of our time.
