Swarmer, Tekmara and Florida International University Explore Autonomous Drone Swarms for Coastal Restoration and Environmental Monitoring

Swarmer, Inc. (“Swarmer” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SWMR), a drone autonomy software company whose technology has supported more than 100,000 real-world combat missions in Ukraine since April 2024, today announced a collaboration with Tekmara , a technology company building AI-enabled infrastructure systems for ocean and offshore environments, and Florida International University (FIU) to evaluate the use of autonomous drone swarms for environmental monitoring projects and coastal restoration. The collaboration will evaluate how autonomous drone systems can support large-scale monitoring, environmental sensing and restoration of mangrove and oyster reef habitats while improving the efficiency, consistency and scalability of environmental data collection across coastal and marine environments. “Reconstruction is a multibillion-dollar market,” said Erik Prince, Swarmer board chairman. “Governments and non-government organizations are generously funding new programs that can restore mangroves, oyster reefs, forests and living shorelines as part of their recovery and reconstruction efforts. The same tools we use to deliver kinetic energy to the enemy may also be useful to repair both man-made and natural disasters.” Globally, oyster reefs are among the most imperiled marine ecosystems. Eighty-five percent of the world’s oyster reefs have been lost due to overharvesting, destructive fishing, pollution and coastal development. Today, coastlines are facing increasing erosion and habitat degradation from extreme weather events ...