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BRINC Responder at California

Purpose-built 911-response drone for Drone-as-First-Responder programs: about 70-second response time, 42-minute flight, 40x zoom, and a payload dropper.

BRINC Responder by BRINC · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

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PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of BRINC

BRINC's introduction of the Responder, a purpose-built drone-as-first-responder aircraft and station for 911 response.

Newport Beach Police Department (CA) Drone-as-First-Responder program: a roughly $2.17M five-year contract for seven drones (six Responders plus one tactical), approved February 2025.

Key facts

Operator
Newport Beach Police Department, CA
Contract
~$2.17M, 5 years, 7 drones (Feb 2025)
Fleet
Six Responders plus one tactical drone
Use Case
Drone-as-First-Responder program

Exposure

Customer segment
municipal
Scale tier
pilot lt10
Contract value
$2170000 (reported)
Customer
Newport Beach Police Department

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Safety record

No incidents on record for BRINC Responder at California.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-06-28
Model
BRINC Responder
Company
BRINC
Location
United States/California
Status
operational
First seen
2025-02-25
ID
53ff3ce4-1e21-4644-ab0e-0b480f7a75ed

Timeline

  1. Feb 2025
    First recorded
    BRINC Responder first documented operating at California.
  2. May 2026
    created
  3. Jun 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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BRINC Responder operates in California. Explore the full verified map:

Sources (2)

  1. https://www.police1.com/drones/calif-pd-to-deploy-911-response-drones-under-new-2-17m-contract
  2. https://dronexl.co/2025/03/03/newport-2m-brinc-drone-program-police-response/
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

2
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the BRINC Responder deployment at California?
BRINC Responder, built by BRINC, is recorded as a deployment at California on the DEPLOY registry. BRINC operates the deployment directly.
Who operates BRINC Responder at California?
BRINC, the manufacturer of BRINC Responder, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the BRINC Responder deployment at California go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting February 25, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the BRINC Responder deployment at California?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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