1 AI Penny Stock That Was Just Awarded a Contract with the Department of Homeland Security

Continuation of Support and Maintenance for Existing Deployment Supporting Operational and Physical Security Requirements for Global Operations

REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Airship AI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AISP) (“Airship AI” or the “Company”), a leader in AI-driven video, sensor, and data management surveillance solutions, has been awarded a contract worth $1.2 million with a Fortune 100 transportation and e-commerce company for the support and maintenance over the next nine months for an existing globally deployed Acropolis Enterprise Video and Data Management platform supporting the company’s operational and physical security requirements.

“This award underscores the significance of our platform in enhancing our customers' deployment of the Acropolis ecosystem, which enables them to federate and manage global logistics operations from a unified security operations center,” said Paul Allen, President of Airship AI. “Our support and maintenance agreements ensure that customers can connect with the Airship technical support team anytime, anywhere, receiving comprehensive electronic and telephonic assistance for our entire suite of products.”

Airship AI’s Acropolis backend enterprise management system enables customers to manage devices and sensors across their entire digital ecosystem via hardware deployed on-premises or in the cloud while utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the edge and/or the backend to optimize operational efficiency and improve real-time decision-making capabilities. Combining the sensor-agnostic nature of our Acropolis platform with our edge-based AI platform, Outpost AI customers can efficiently add “smarts” to existing edge sensors, avoiding costly and operationally disruptive “rip and replace” requirements.

“Migrating customers to Airship AI is just the beginning of our relationship. Once our platform is operational in their environment, we focus on supporting their workflows to enhance their operational effectiveness and efficiencies. This support includes new software releases, patches, and updates. Our comprehensive approach to building and maintaining relationships at the manufacturer level is a key factor in our impressive customer retention rate, which remains in the high 90th percentile,” concluded Mr. Allen.

To experience how Airship AI and its suite of enterprise video and data management solutions can help your organization solve your complex video and data management challenges, please email your request to info@airship.ai.

About Airship AI Holdings, Inc.

Founded in 2006, Airship AI is a U.S. owned and operated technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Airship AI is an AI-driven video, sensor and data management surveillance platform that improves public safety and operational efficiency for public sector and commercial customers by providing predictive analysis of events before they occur and meaningful intelligence to decision makers. Airship AI’s product suite includes Outpost AI edge hardware and software offerings, Acropolis enterprise management software stack, and Command family of visualization tools.For more information, visit https://airship.ai.

Forward-Looking Statements

The disclosure herein includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward looking. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, (1) statements regarding estimates and forecasts of financial, performance and operational metrics and projections of market opportunity; (2) changes in the market for Airship AI’s services and technology, expansion plans and opportunities; (3) the projected technological developments of Airship AI; and (4) current and future potential commercial and customer relationships. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of Airship AI’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are also subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, as set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024, and the other documents that the Company has filed, or will file, with the SEC. If any of these risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause its assessments to change. However, while it may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

Investor Contact:Chris Tyson/Larry HolubMZ North America949-491-8235AISP@mzgroup.us

Major Award Supporting Existing and Emerging Requirements for AI Enabled Solutions Along the Northern and Southern Border

REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Airship AI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AISP) (“Airship AI” or the “Company”), a leader in AI-driven video, sensor, and data management surveillance solutions, has been awarded a $4.0 million single year fixed firm price contract to an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Company’s Acropolis Enterprise Sensor Management video and data management platform, Outpost AI edge IoT appliances, and integrated solutions leveraging Airship AI capabilities supporting emerging public safety and investigative requirements.

“This award represents a continuation of our support to the agency for a wide range of AI driven technical surveillance requirements along the Northern and Southern Borders,” said Paul Allen, President of Airship AI. “Due to the sheer magnitude of the challenges facing the front line agents tasked with securing the border to counter human trafficking and stem the tide of fentanyl and other narcotics flowing into the United States, technology-driven force multipliers are becoming more and more critical. Innovation through the utilization of AI to support data-driven operations is just one way that Airship AI is enabling the agency to use technology to take agents out from behind monitors and put them back into the field.”

Airship AI’s Acropolis backend enterprise management system enables customers to manage devices and sensors across their entire digital ecosystem from a single web-based graphical user interface, creating significant cost savings for agencies with sensors and devices from dozens of different manufacturers. Airship AI’s approach to being sensor agnostic allows our platform to be that middleware application which fuses together data, and displays it in a simple and intuitive manner enabling data consumers to respond quickly and efficiently.

“This award validates the critical nature of the solutions that we are continuing to develop which turn dumb sensors into smart sensors through the addition of our edge AI appliance, allowing agencies to leverage existing sensors and platforms already in use and avoid costly “rip and replace” strategies that would otherwise be necessary,” added Mr. Allen. “Also included in this award is our newly released Outpost AI appliance with a built-in cellular modem which, when combined with our highly efficient data encoding and encryption, is a game changer for operational environments where communication and backhaul challenges exist. This, combined with the extensions of support and maintenance agreements for previously provided capabilities, ensures seamless operations for the agency over the next year.”

Airship AI’s Outpost AI Edge Appliance processes, analyzes, and encrypts data in real-time at the edge. Utilizing custom trained models tailored for the wide range of operational environments in which our customers operate, Airship AI can identify user-defined objects of interest in real-time and then control attached sensors to provide additional intelligence on the objects of interest. Supported by integrations with leading mesh, satellite, and other RF based backhaul solutions, Outpost AI supports the larger sensor agnostic approach of Airship AI’s Acropolis backend end platform.

To experience how Airship AI and its suite of enterprise video and data management solutions can help your organization solve your complex video and data management challenges, please email your request to info@airship.ai.

About Airship AI Holdings, Inc.

Founded in 2006, Airship AI is a U.S.-owned and operated technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Airship AI is an AI-driven video, sensor and data management surveillance platform that improves public safety and operational efficiency for public sector and commercial customers by providing predictive analysis of events before they occur and meaningful intelligence to decision makers. Airship AI’s product suite includes Outpost AI edge hardware and software offerings, Acropolis enterprise management software stack, and Command family of visualization tools.For more information, visit https://airship.ai.

Forward-Looking Statements

The disclosure herein includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward looking. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, (1) statements regarding estimates and forecasts of financial, performance and operational metrics and projections of market opportunity; (2) changes in the market for Airship AI’s services and technology, expansion plans and opportunities; (3) the projected technological developments of Airship AI; and (4) current and future potential commercial and customer relationships. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of Airship AI’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are also subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, as set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024, and the other documents that the Company has filed, or will file, with the SEC. If any of these risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. In addition, forward looking statements reflect the Company’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause its assessments to change. However, while it may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

Investor Contact:Chris Tyson/Larry HolubMZ North America949-491-8235AISP@mzgroup.us

From New York City to Los Angeles, Airship AI has been Awarded Numerous Installations or Site Expansions for Major Metropolitan Law Enforcement Agencies Over the Last Several Months.

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Airship AI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AISP) (“Airship AI” or the “Company”), a leader in AI-driven video, sensor, and data management surveillance solutions, has been recently awarded numerous purchase orders for multiple state and local law enforcement organizations across the United States.

Airship AI’s Acropolis platform has long been acknowledged as a platform of choice in the federal law enforcement space, supporting over a dozen different customers with large, federated camera and sensor deployments running in challenging operational environments. As those agencies have worked with state and local law enforcement agencies as part of joint operations, awareness of Airship’s platform has rapidly become a go-to solution in the much larger regional marketplace.

“The ability for state and local law enforcement agencies to leverage the same highly secure platform used at the federal level is a game changer. It allows everyone to operate on a common, intuitive platform while differentiating between the permissions and authorities of the various agencies,” said Paul Allen, President of Airship AI. “Additionally, because of the technical investigative workflow similarities between various law enforcement levels, customers are ensured that the latest sensors and capabilities, regardless of third-party manufacturer, will perform in Airship AI’s platform.”

In addition to the efficiencies gained by sharing a common platform for collecting digital evidence, agencies have access to Airship AI’s digital evidence management system, Evidence Discovery Server (“EDS”), which allows agencies to ingest video, audio, and other digital evidence from Airship and other sources and manage them in a Criminal Justice Information Services (“CJIS”) compliant system with the same strict permission and authority workflow as our management software. This workflow also allows for the export of digital evidence to other third-party digital evidence platforms for management and long-term storage.

“With awards this year at the state level in Texas, Maryland, and Connecticut, large municipalities including New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Baltimore, Chicago, and numerous smaller local police and sheriff’s departments, we’re excited about our rapid growth in this space. Looking forward, with an estimated 17,500 state and local agencies in the United States as of June 2018 per to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, we have substantial room for growth, supported by partner agency recommendations, targeted sales and marketing outreach, and partner-based collaborations,” concluded Mr. Allen.

To experience how Airship AI and its suite of enterprise video and data management solutions can help your organization solve your complex video and data management challenges, please email your request to info@airship.ai.

About Airship AI Holdings, Inc.

Founded in 2006, Airship AI is a U.S. owned and operated technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Airship AI is an AI-driven video, sensor and data management surveillance platform that improves public safety and operational efficiency for public sector and commercial customers by providing predictive analysis of events before they occur and meaningful intelligence to decision makers. Airship AI’s product suite includes Outpost AI edge hardware and software offerings, Acropolis enterprise management software stack, and Command family of visualization tools.For more information, visit https://airship.ai.

Forward-Looking Statements

The disclosure herein includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward looking. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, (1) statements regarding estimates and forecasts of financial, performance and operational metrics and projections of market opportunity; (2) changes in the market for Airship AI’s services and technology, expansion plans and opportunities; (3) the projected technological developments of Airship AI; and (4) current and future potential commercial and customer relationships. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of Airship AI’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are also subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, as set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024, and the other documents that the Company has filed, or will file, with the SEC. If any of these risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. In addition, forward looking statements reflect the Company’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause its assessments to change. However, while it may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

Investor Contact:Chris Tyson/Larry HolubMZ North America949-491-8235AISP@mzgroup.us

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Airship AI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AISP) (“Airship AI” or the “Company”), a leader in AI-driven video, sensor, and data management surveillance solutions, announced the closing of its previously announced public offering with net proceeds to the Company of approximately $7.04 million, after deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses. The offering consisted of 2,882,883 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,882,883 shares of its common stock at a combined public offering price $2.775 per share and associated common warrant in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. Each share of common stock was sold together with one warrant to purchase one share of common stock. The warrants have an exercise price of $2.65 per share, are exercisable immediately upon issuance, and will expire five years following the date of issuance. The closing of the offering occurred on September 3, 2024.

Roth Capital Partners and The Benchmark Company, LLC acted as the co-placement agents for the offering.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The offering was made pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281333) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 7, 2024, and which became effective on August 29, 2024. The offering was made solely by means of a prospectus. Electronic copies of the final prospectus may be obtained for free on the SEC’s website located at http://www.sec.gov and may also be obtained by contacting Roth Capital Partners, LLC at 888 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach CA 92660 by phone at (800) 678-9147 or e-mail at rothecm@roth.com, or by contacting The Benchmark Company, LLC at 150 East 58th St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10155, by telephone: (212) 312-6700, or by email at Prospectus@benchmarkcompany.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

About Airship AI Holdings, Inc.

Founded in 2006, Airship AI (NASDAQ: AISP) is a U.S. owned and operated technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Airship AI is an AI-driven video, sensor and data management surveillance platform that improves public safety and operational efficiency for public sector and commercial customers by providing predictive analysis of events before they occur and meaningful intelligence to decision makers. Airship AI’s product suite includes Outpost AI edge hardware and software offerings, Acropolis enterprise management software stack, and Command family of visualization tools.

For more information, visit https://airship.ai.

Forward-Looking Statements

The disclosure herein includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward looking. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the intended use of proceeds from the public offering. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of Airship AI’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. Additional information concerning the Company and its business, including a discussion of factors that could materially affect the Company’s financial results are contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 under the heading “Risk Factors,” as well as the Company’s subsequent filings with the SEC. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release, and we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or correct any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur or of which we hereafter become aware.

Investor Contact:Chris Tyson/Larry HolubMZ North America949-491-8235AISP@mzgroup.us