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

Canonical ID: `3be0c940-7e30-4653-acaf-3f8e3e472af1`

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

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-09-12_

- **Slug:** easy-aerial-travis-afb-safms
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box](/models/easy-aerial-drone-in-a-box.md) (id: `1d4a4841-103d-4e00-bdc7-f3a2abe4d745`)
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)
- **Company:** [Easy Aerial](/companies/easy-aerial.md) (id: `3013a36d-9848-44cb-96c6-317671ff3ae3`)
- **Location:** [Travis Air Force Base, California, USA](/locations/travis-afb-fairfield-california-usa.md) (id: `d70e7d3e-46ec-4e02-9432-55977131909b`)
- **Operator:** [Easy Aerial](/companies/easy-aerial.md) (id: `3013a36d-9848-44cb-96c6-317671ff3ae3`)
- **First seen:** 2020-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## 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

## 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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