Drones As First Responders "Fastest Growing" Area, Says Axon CEO

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**** ******** **** *****'* ******, ****'* investment ** ******, *** **** **** growth ***** *** *** ********.

Executive *******

**** ******* ******** ******** ****** ** ***** ********** (DFR) ** ** "*** ******* ******* thing" **'* **** ****, ****** * 10x ****** **** **** *** **** year. **** ***** ***** **** ****'* increasing *********** ** *** ***** ******, including ******* *********** **** ******, *************** ** *************-****.

**** ** ****-********** ** ******* **** DFR ******, ********** *** ******** ************ and ************ **** ******, *****, *** own ******** ********** *********, *** **********, a ***** ********** ********. ** *** DFR ****** *******, ** **** ******** Axon's ********* *****, ************* ****'* ****** power ** *** ******* **** ** be * ******* ****** ****** ********.

***** ***** *** ******** ******** *** public ****** (**** ** ******* ******** time, ***** **** ** ****** ******* and ************ **** **** ***********, *** current *************), ***'* ****** *********** ** beyond-visual-line-of-sight ********** ** *** **** ****** slowing **** *** ******. *** *******, during ****** ********** **** *****, *** *** **** *** ***** rules **** **** ********** ** ****** pathway ** ***** ****** *** ******** in *.*-* *****.

Axon's ***** ** ******

**** *** * **** ******* **** drones, ** ** ****, *********** * *************** ***** ********** **********, **********, ***, in ****, *** ******* ********* ****** attention**** *** ************* *****-***** ****; *******, **** *********** *** ***** on ****** ***** *** ****** ** 2023.

********, ********* ****** **** **********, *** ******* ********** *** ***** as ** ********** ****** ** *** of *** ***** **** ***** ** focus, ** *** *** ****:

**, **** ************,there *** ***** ***** **'** ***** ** *** **** *** *** ***** ** to empower officers and agencies to observe, communicate, and act at higher and higher performance levels. Those three areas are real-time operations, faster, more informed responses, drones *** ******** to augment to keep officers farther away from harm. The third, is leveraging smarter ******** **** ********** ************ to become a force multiplier for your officers if your agencies [emphasis added]

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• **** ***-**** ***** ********** ******* (**** 2023 ***********)
• **** ********* *******, ******* *** $** Billion, ********
• **** *** ****** ******* ** ******* "scalable ***** ******** *** ****** ******", including ***

DFR ******* ** "*** ****"

**** ***** ***** * *** **** growth **** ** ******** *********. *** example, ****** ******* ********* ******'* ******* ****** *******'* ********** ***********, ** ****:

DFR ** *** ******* ******* ***** * *** **** **** ****. **** **** ** *** ******* ** * ** * ****, meaning 10 times more agencies than the year before. So those are signals early on, there's something big happening. [emphasis added]

*********, ****** * **** ********* **** month:

****** ** ***** ********** ** *** of *** *******-******* ***** **'** **** seen.Ten ***** **** ******** *** ***** ***, drone-as-first-responder, this year then * **** *** [emphasis added]

******, ****** ****'* ** **** ******* call (*************), ** ******* *** **** ****:

*** *** **** -- ** *** the *******.It *** ******* ********* **** * *** ****, but in a 12 month period, we'd seen 10 times more agencies come on DFR. [emphasis added]

** **** *** **** ********** **** on ****, ****** ** ******* **** is ************* ******** ****** ******** **** a ***** **** (****** ****** ****** rates ****** ** *******).

"Accelerating **********"

****** **** *****, ******* ***** ****** executives, ************ **** ********* ************* *****, ****** ***** ******** ******** ** drones ****** *** ** **** **** (**********), **** ****** ******** **** ****** are ** ************ ********** *** ***** claiming **** ** *** **** ** years, *** ***** ** ****** ******** to ****** ** ***** ** ** 1:1:

[**** *****] **'** ****** ***** **** for ******** ********,the **** ** ****** *** ******** ******* ** ****** ****** ** ******* *** ** ***** ******* ************ ****** *****, and we intend to continue to play a bigger and bigger role in supporting agencies across all of the workloads for drones and robotics that they're doing [emphasis added]

[**** *****] * ***** **** **** this ******, *** * ********* ***** with **. * ***'* **** ** it's ** *** **** * *****, but ** *** **** **,we ******* *****'** ** * ***-**-*** ************ ******* ****** *** ****** ****. [emphasis added]

Axon's *********

***** *** ***** ********* ** ******** and ***** ************ ******* ******, **********, Dedrone, *** *****, *** *** ****** is * ******** *** ****, ** it *** **** *** ****** ** more ****** *********. ******, **** ***** why ****** ********* **** ****, ******'* CEO ********* **** ***** ********* ****** used ** *** *********** ** *** of *** **** *******:

*** ******** **** ** ********** **** we're *****, ********** ** ***, ** just ** *** *** ****** ** the ***** ***** ** *** ***** time ** ******* ** ******** ** get *********** **** *** ************* ********* an *******. *** ****data ***'* ****** ** ******, ** ***** ** ***** ** ** *********. And so the way that we think about it, we're trying to build kind of the ultimate drone spoke and plug that into the best possible hub. And we **** **** ** *** ******** *** *** ****** ******. .... There's body cameras, there's fixed cameras, and both what happens with the data that the drone generates live and after the flight, the partnership **** **** ** **** ********** ******** *** ** ******* ** ******* ** ** ********* **** *** ****** **** *** ********* *** ******* ***** *** ****** **** *** ********* into the workflows that we already see developing with things like real-time crime centers and Fusus. .. The Dedrone piece is especially exciting because it completes the story, we've *** ********** ****** **** *** ******* ** *** *******, you've *** ******* **** ******* *** ******** *********, and then you've got Axon ***** ** **** ******* *** **** ********** *** **** *****. ... all that data is just going to show up in Fusus. It's going to show up in evidence.com after the flight, and that was the fundamental appeal for us. [emphasis added]

FAA *********** ****** * ******

***** *** ****** ******* ** **** streamlined *** ****** ****** *** *****, as *** *** **** ****, *** the **** *.*-* *****, ****/******/******* *** likely ** ********** ****** ****** **** they *****'** ** ** *** *********** were ** *****.

** *** ******** ****, **** *** many ** *** ******** ************ ******* in *****, **** ** ******** ********* and ************* **** *******, * ****** flight ****, ********* ******* **** ******, and ******** ********* ****** *** *** drone. ************, **** ******* **** ****** will ******* * ***** **** *** its*** *** ******* *** *** ** *** ****, as ****'* ************* **** ****** ***** *************.

****** ****** ** ******** "******-******-****-**-***** ***** Operations"*** **** ******* ** **** *** FAA **** ***** *** ******** ***********.