Safe Pro Group Appoints Mack, Chitty to Accelerate $100M U.S. Army Contracts
SPAI•Safe Pro Group named Brian Mack Chief Growth Officer and Benjamin Chitty Vice President of Government Growth to boost U.S. defense contract capture for its AI platform. Mack led capture of a $100 million Army command and control contract, while Chitty managed $120 million in research and $650 million in aviation programs.
1. Government Growth Team Launch
Safe Pro Group has launched a dedicated U.S. government growth team under Chief Growth Officer Brian Mack and Vice President Benjamin Chitty. The move is intended to accelerate capture of defense contracts across Army and joint mission areas using Safe Pro’s AI-enabled situational awareness solutions.
2. Executive Backgrounds
Brian Mack joins from Anduril Industries, where he led the capture of the U.S. Army’s $100 million Next Generation Command and Control contract and built over $2 billion in Army pipelines. Benjamin Chitty brings 29 years of military and civilian service, having managed $120 million in research portfolios and overseen $650 million in special operations aviation programs.
3. Platform and Growth Strategy
Safe Pro’s SPOTD AI platform analyzes drone imagery to detect over 150 types of explosive threats, converting video into 2D/3D geospatial models. Deployed in Ukraine for nearly three years, SPOTD leverages a proprietary dataset of 2.6 million images, 47,800 identified threats and coverage of 32,800 acres to support rapid decision-making.
