- Safe Pro Group’s SpotlightAI(TM) technology helped improve humanitarian demining productivity in Ukraine by 800+%, detected 550% more unexploded ordnance (“UXO”), and also cut costs, according to a recent field study.
- The field study compared the performance of non-technical survey (“NTS”) teams using Safe Pro’s solution vs. teams using other pre-existing methodologies.
- The company shared the findings at the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (“GICHD”) Innovation Conference 2025, which was held in Luxembourg.
Safe Pro Group (NASDAQ: SPAI), a leader in advanced AI-powered security and defense solutions, recently announced the preliminary results from an 18-month field study that sought to validate the financial and functional impact of the company’s SpotlightAI(TM) technology on humanitarian demining in Ukraine (https://ibn.fm/zj93t). The study was also conducted alongside Norwegian People’s Aid (“NPA”).
NPA and Safe Pro presented the results at the recent Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (“GICHD”) Innovation Conference 2025 in Luxembourg. The findings from the study showed that Safe Pro’s drone imagery analysis technology improved demining productivity by 800%, detected 550% more unexploded ordnance (“UXO”) and other explosive remnants of war (“ERW”) per hectare, and cut survey costs by around 50% per hectare.
Safe Pro’s Lead Scientist and co-founder of the company’s AI subsidiary, Dr. Jasper Baur, presented the study’s results with Kyaw Lin Htut, Senior Advisor for Innovation at NPA. The findings were discussed during the “Remote Sensing in Survey: Challenges and Operational Efficiency” session.
The study was conducted over a year and a half and collected usage and time reporting data from demining personnel working in Ukraine. It also measured the operational efficiency and impact of Safe Pro’s technology, which lets aid organizations determine a more accurate return on investment (“ROI”) for demining budgets.
This study measured the productivity of real-world operations in around 200 hectares (494 acres)-worth of surveying data and compared non-technical survey (“NTS”) team performance using Safe Pro’s SpotlightAI(TM) technology vs. teams using pre-existing methodologies.
Some other noteworthy highlights from the study include:
- Teams identified 850% more confirmed hazardous areas (“CHA”) per hour per team with Safe Pro’s technology.
- Over a 12-month period, surveys that used SpotlightAI(TM) were 570% more effective at defining CHA than those that didn’t use the technology.
- The technology led to 300% faster survey speed per hour per team.
- A roughly 50% per hectare reduction in labor cost, while also improving survey speed and accuracy.
Speaking about the study, Safe Pro Group Chairman and CEO, Dan Erdberg, said that “The comprehensive data presented by NPA confirms the dramatic impact SpotlightAI(TM) can have helping the nearly 60 countries contaminated with UXO return their land to productivity. Our novel approach leverages the power of AI and drones to protect lives and provide hope to millions who are denied access to their land. For years we have been working to maximize the ROI on the millions of dollars currently being invested into demining programs around the world by governments and humanitarian donors to restore land to productive use. We continue to work tirelessly alongside NPA and their on-the-ground teams to address the massive landmine and UXO crisis facing Ukraine and other countries around the globe.”
Htut also gave their thoughts on the study and results and said “It was an honor to present with Jasper at the GICHD Innovation 2025 conference on NPA’s nearly 2-year collaboration with Safe Pro AI in Ukraine. The preliminary findings of our study suggest an outsized impact in increased person-hour efficiency of Non-Technical Survey when using SpotlightAI(TM) to augment our imagery analysis of minefields in Ukraine.”
About Safe Pro Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAI)
Safe Pro Group is a tech company that delivers cutting-edge AI-powered platforms and technology for various applications including security, defense, law enforcement, and humanitarian. The company’s drone-based services and computer vision software technology process drone images to help ground teams locate and identify explosive threats, enabling much safer and more efficient field operations.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SafeProGroup.com.
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