Safe Pro Group’s battlefield-trained AI is moving from Ukraine to US platforms, with Red Cat set to integrate the threat-detection technology into its Black Widow drones.
The Safe Pro Object Threat Detection (SPOTD) system can identify more than 150 types of explosive threats, from landmines and anti-personnel mines to cluster munitions and unexploded ordnance.
It processes live 4K video directly on the drone, analyzing footage at the tactical edge to spot and classify threats without relying on cloud connectivity.
Data is then fed into situational awareness platforms such as the US Army’s Tactical Assault Kit, giving ground forces real-time alerts.
The Black Widow will also field Safe Pro’s new SPOTD Navigation, Observation and Detection Engine (NODE), which enables users to process, map, and share mission data.
NODE can generate 2D and 3D interactive maps and hazard plots, even in bandwidth-limited environments.
According to the company, the AI tool has been trained on a dataset of over 1.88 million drone images, including 34,200 identified threats across more than 8,000 hectares (19,768 acres) of Ukrainian territory.
“As demonstrated in Ukraine, the battlefield is dramatically evolving, establishing a critical need to provide today’s warfighter with access to enhanced, real-time situational awareness,” said Dan Erdberg, Chairman and CEO of Safe Pro Group.
“By harnessing the power of the Black Widow with Safe Pro’s battle-tested threat detection technology, we have created a platform that can uniquely support the needs of the US Army for real-time battlefield intelligence.”
Recent Contracts
SPOTD is drawing growing interest from US defense firms.
Earlier this month, Safe Pro Group reached agreements with drone makers Ondas Holdings and Unusual Machines to integrate its SPOTD computer vision system into their unmanned platforms.
In July, a US government contractor selected SPOTD to support ballistic and explosive ordnance disposal missions in the Indo-Pacific.
