Combined Quarterly Report: NEOFIX Drone as 1st Responders Project, funded through the Cuyahoga County Department of Public Safety and Justice
July 14, 2025
This document and attachments comprise the combined quarterly report on the Northeast Ohio Information Exchange project abbreviated hereafter as the NEOFIX Drone as 1st Responders Project, funded through the Cuyahoga County Department of Public Safety and Justice.
Briefly, the NEOFIX is a public private partnership, where public sector first-in resources will be amplified well beyond a dollar-for-dollar return for an emerging $10B private industry benefiting residents of the County and the state of Ohio. NEOFIX will provide public safety in Cuyahoga County with a Common Operating Picture of drone operations, supporting safe operations and counter-UAS. The NEOFIX puts the County and its airspace within the leading the communities in the nation, applicable as a model program for the state of Ohio.
This combined quarterly report on the progress of the NEOFIX Drone as 1st Responders Project depicts uninterrupted work described in the original proposal for the NEOFIX project to the Cuyahoga County District 2 and County Council in Fall 2022.
The formal activity covered by this report is January 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025. Prior to these dates, no activity nor charges were attributed to this grant, for the rationale mentioned above.
The work of the NEOFIX Drone as 1st Responders Project builds on the long-term strategy to align and leverage Cuyahoga County’s investment in drone ready critical infrastructure.
Our initial work of the NEOFIX Drone as 1st Responders Project has been to place equipment to synchronize the public infrastructure with public safety uses such as drone as a first responder as a first step toward emergency medical response and medical supply centered on the priority regions of Cuyahoga County. We are informed by and working in consultation with the County Sheriffs and Emergency Management departments, and other public and private stakeholders.
As of this writing we have completed: 1) sensors equipment procurement and 2) begun sensors deployment, 3) furthered coordination with regional public safety dispatch functions 4) while built buy in from likely departments and legislators of the state of Ohio for this critical and essential infrastructure.
Soaring to new heights, together.
Be sure to visit the BWU Technology Partnerships Initiative website to learn more about how our NEOFIX program drives economic growth, promotes policy and infrastructure to improve drone safety and efficiency in various industries, and ensures that drone technology is being used responsibly.