Conshohocken-Based ZeroEyes Receives Two Air Force Grants for Gun-Detection Technology

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ZeroEyes' gun-detection software for surveillance cameras is demonstrated in a trial run with a replica gun.
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ZeroEyes' gun-detection software for surveillance cameras is demonstrated in a trial run with a replica gun.

Conshohocken-based ZeroEyes is poised for rapid growth after receiving two grants totaling close to $2 million from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop its gun-detection technology for military use, writes Ryan Mulligan for The Philadelphia Business Journal.

Last week, the gun detection startup received a $1.2 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant to integrate the technology it is developing with unmanned ground vehicles at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. In June, the company received a $750,000 SBIR grant to add its technology to drones at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota.

ZeroEyes technology uses existing cameras and artificial intelligence to detect firearms to deter mass shootings. The original aim of the founders who are Navy SEAL and special operations veterans was to avert shootings at schools and retail sites, but with their military expertise and connections, exploration of military applications was bound to follow.

“We’re certainly committed to our commercial and education business lines, and that always will be the core focus of the company,” said J.T. Wilkins, the company’s vice president of government solutions. “But the government work is just as important.”

Read more about ZeroEyes and its $2 million grants in The Philadelphia Business Journal.

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