The Montevideo deployment, run in partnership with Uruguayan technology firm Timerix, ties gunshot-detection alerts to automated drone dispatch and live aerial feeds for police.
FlytBase has announced a new autonomous drone program for Uruguay’s Ministry of the Interior, deployed in partnership with Uruguayan technology firm Timerix S.A. According to the San Jose, California company, the Montevideo deployment makes Uruguay one of the first countries in Latin America to connect detection systems to automated drone dispatch at citywide scale, with the goal of giving police a real-time aerial view of an incident as it unfolds.
FlytBase previously unveiled its FlytBase One unified control platform in February as part of its broader move into what the company calls “physical AI,” Dronelife reported.
Inside the Uruguay Autonomous Drone Program
The Ministry of the Interior is targeting faster, better-informed police response to critical incidents across Montevideo. The city already operates ShotSpotter, the acoustic gunshot detection system active locally since 2023. According to FlytBase, the new program ties those alerts to automated drone response, which it says makes Uruguay the first to build such a program on top of an existing ShotSpotter network.
FlytBase runs the program’s drone operations, coordinating autonomous flights across the city’s docking stations and streaming a live aerial view to the command center within minutes of an alert. The platform supports on-premise, private cloud, and sovereign cloud deployment, and meets SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR standards.
“An autonomous drone program gives you the full operational picture, from the event that triggers it, to the nearest drone that responds, to awareness on the ground,” said Nitin Gupta, Founder and CEO of FlytBase. “That is what makes a citywide program like this possible, efficient, and safe.”
Detection to Dispatch in Montevideo
Timerix is responsible for in-country integration of the deployment. The company frames the program as a shift in how Uruguayan public safety agencies handle incident response.
“Autonomous drone surveillance represents a fundamental leap for security in Uruguay, offering a faster, more precise, and efficient response,” said Federico De Hoyos of Timerix S.A. “Drone as First Response is the present: today, we can deploy drones in seconds, assess situations in real time, and assist security forces. Within this ecosystem, the FlytBase platform is a key pillar, enabling the advanced drone management that makes this reality accessible.”
According to the announcement, the Ministry of the Interior plans to use the deployment as a model for public safety agencies elsewhere in the region.
FlytBase in Public Safety and Multi-Site Operations
FlytBase was founded in 2016 and develops a physical AI platform that powers autonomous drones and robots for large sites, including oil refineries, solar farms, rail yards, and industrial facilities. The platform is hardware-agnostic and orchestrates third-party drones and sensors. Earlier this year, Florida-based Titan Protection received FAA approval to run one-to-many drone operations — a single remote pilot overseeing up to four automated drones across multiple states — using FlytBase software, which Dronelife covered in February.dronelife
More information is available at FlytBase.
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It’s striking that Montevideo built this on top of an existing ShotSpotter network running since 2023 — layering automated drone dispatch onto already-deployed gunshot detection seems like a faster path to citywide coverage than starting from scratch. Curious whether the live aerial feeds within minutes of an alert meaningfully change outcomes on the ground for responding officers.
It’s fascinating to think about how the collaboration with Timerix could innovate police response times during critical situations. I’m curious to see the long-term impact of this program in urban safety. Morgan Lee says good resource
It’s interesting to see how the integration of gunshot-detection alerts with automated drone dispatch can enhance police efficiency in Montevideo. The role of Timerix in this initiative is noteworthy. helpful site