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Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box at Travis Air Force Base, California, USA

Autonomous tethered UAS and Drone-in-a-Box system for persistent aerial surveillance in defense and commercial applications.

Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box by Easy Aerial · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Drones

Track Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box at Travis Air Force Base, California, USA

First deployment of automated drone-based perimeter security on a USAF installation. The Smart Air Force Monitoring System (SAFMS) free-flight drone-in-a-box and tethered SAFMS-T were developed under SBIR Phase II with the 60th Security Forces Squadron. Systems entered Initial Operational Capability (IOC) at Travis AFB, providing autonomous scheduled and on-demand perimeter security flights with HD and thermal data.

Key facts

Program
SBIR Phase II
Operator
60th Security Forces Squadron, USAF
System
SAFMS (free-flight) + SAFMS-T (tethered)
Capability
IOC — Initial Operational Capability

Exposure

Customer segment
defense
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box at Travis Air Force Base, California, USA.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-09-12
Model
Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box
Company
Easy Aerial
Location
Travis Air Force Base, California, USA
Operator
Easy Aerial
Status
operational
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
2 to 10 units
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
verified address
First seen
2020-12-14
ID
3be0c940-7e30-4653-acaf-3f8e3e472af1

Timeline

  1. Dec 2020
    First recorded
    Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box first documented operating at Travis Air Force Base, California, USA.
  2. Sep 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.suasnews.com/2020/12/travis-air-force-base-and-easy-aerial-partner-for-autonomous-drone-based-security-operations/ · 2020-12-14
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-12

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-09-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box deployment at Travis Air Force Base, California, USA?
Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box, built by Easy Aerial, is recorded as a deployment at Travis Air Force Base, California, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Easy Aerial operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box at Travis Air Force Base, California, USA?
Easy Aerial, the manufacturer of Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box deployment at Travis Air Force Base, California, USA go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting December 14, 2020 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box deployment at Travis Air Force Base, California, USA?
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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