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Assertion Supported
China sanctioned BRINC twice and barred founder Blake Resnick from entry
“I've been personally sanctioned by China. I cannot enter China. Brink has now been sanctioned by China twice. So we're not allowed to buy any parts in China.”
Blake Resnick Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 12:43 How This Company Is Transforming 911 Responses With Autonomous Drones | Blake Resnick on TBPN
Prediction Held up
Future military FPV drones will navigate autonomously and operate without RF links
“I think they'll be more automated. They'll have stabilization systems. You'll be able to select a target and the drone will do its own navigation to intercept that target. They won't rely necessarily on RF communication systems since the jamming environment is…”
Blake Resnick Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 17:59 How This Company Is Transforming 911 Responses With Autonomous Drones | Blake Resnick on TBPN
Assertion Partly supported
Over 600 US SWAT teams actively use BRINC's indoor tactical drones
“And today, over 600 SWAT teams are actively using it, which is about 10 to 15% of the SWAT teams in the United States.”
Blake Resnick Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 5:05 How This Company Is Transforming 911 Responses With Autonomous Drones | Blake Resnick on TBPN
Assertion Supported
About 10 US states ban public safety agencies using Chinese drones
“So on, on the order of 10 states have already passed laws preventing their public safety agencies from utilizing Chinese drones.”
Blake Resnick Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 10:40 How This Company Is Transforming 911 Responses With Autonomous Drones | Blake Resnick on TBPN
Assertion Partly supported
DJI controls 90% of the global drone market while Autel holds 5%
“DJI has something like 90% of the global market. Autel is roughly five percent.”
Blake Resnick Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 10:52 How This Company Is Transforming 911 Responses With Autonomous Drones | Blake Resnick on TBPN
Assertion Not checkable as stated
BRINC drones are NDAA-compliant and use zero Chinese electronics or sensors
“Well, our drones are NDA compliant, meaning that we don't utilize any electronics from China whatsoever. No processors, no radios, no imaging sensors, like none of that stuff.”
Blake Resnick Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 13:42 How This Company Is Transforming 911 Responses With Autonomous Drones | Blake Resnick on TBPN
Assertion Supported
BRINC invented a tactical drone that breaks glass to breach windows
“We invented the world's first drone glass breaker, so the drone can actually fly up to a window, shatter it out, make entry, then it has a lighter on board, a lidar on board, so as it's clearing rooms, it's drawing a floor plan of that structure, and then stre…”
Blake Resnick Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 4:40 How This Company Is Transforming 911 Responses With Autonomous Drones | Blake Resnick on TBPN
Assertion Supported
Resnick embedded on 30 SWAT call-outs to develop BRINC's first drone
“When I was developing the first version of Lemur, I actually rode along with Vegas Metro SWAT for like six months. So I went on 20, 30 SWAT call outs and I watched them deploy the early versions of our drone”
Blake Resnick Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 5:51 How This Company Is Transforming 911 Responses With Autonomous Drones | Blake Resnick on TBPN
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