Campus Guardian Angel

What Campus Guardian Angel does

Campus Guardian Angel, operating as a brand under Mithril Defense, Inc. (Delaware C-corp), is an Austin, Texas-based safety technology company that delivers a managed Active Shooter Suppression Service for K-12 schools and higher-education institutions. The product combines pre-positioned American-made drone boxes in schools with a centralized Austin operations center from which former Navy SEALs, SWAT leaders, and top-ranked FPV pilots remotely fly drones to confront threats within 15 seconds, two orders of magnitude faster than the FBI's cited 3-minute median active-shooter response time. The technology stack is built around proprietary indoor-agile drones operating on hardware-encrypted, isolated 900 MHz mesh networks; LiDAR-derived 3D digital twins rendered in Unreal Engine; Ultra Wide Band location tracking to 3-inch resolution; and integrations with existing camera, panic-button (Raptor, Centegix), and gun-detection (ZeroEyes, Flock Safety) systems.

The business model is a hybrid of one-time hardware sales and recurring SaaS: schools purchase boxes of six drones (including networking and less-lethal effects) at $15,000 per box (typical deployments need 3 to 15+ boxes depending on campus size), and pay $4 per student per month for the 24/7 managed response service. Distribution combines enterprise field sales, an emerging channel partner program with referral and reseller tiers, and an extensive live-demo and conference motion (NASRO, FASRO, TSDPCA, TxEDCON). Core customers are public K-12 districts — including Boerne ISD, Midland ISD, Highland Park ISD, Lancaster ISD, Eanes ISD, Mount Vernon ISD, and Leon County Schools — with state-funded pilots active in Florida (three districts) and Georgia (five districts), and a first-in-nation integrated RADAR deployment (ZeroEyes + Ark Strategic + Campus Guardian Angel) at Amos P. Godby High School in Tallahassee.

Name

Campus Guardian Angel

Legal name

Mithril Defense, Inc.

Website

https://campusguardianangel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Campus Guardian Angel provides a managed Active Shooter Suppression Service for K-12 schools and higher-education institutions, combining pre-positioned indoor drones with remote human piloting from a centralized Austin operations center to confront threats within 15 seconds of alert.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

School Safety / Active Shooter Response Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

UAS Ground Control Stations (GCS) & Remote Operations Infrastructure (IMABAIAL)

Keywords

• Active shooter response
• School safety drones
• Drone threat response
• School security services
• Managed response drones

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Managed Response Service (SaaS): Monthly managed service subscription for drone response operations. Pricing is $4 per student per month for K-12 schools on education pricing. Operates from centralized Austin operations center, providing 24/7 coverage expansion planned by end of 2025 (currently 7AM-5PM CT weekdays). Revenue is recurring and scales with school enrollment.
2. Drone Hardware (Box of 6 Drones): One-time hardware purchase of a box containing six drones with all networking equipment and response effects (pepper launchers, air poppers, lances). Priced at $15,000 per box. A school may need between 3 and 15+ boxes depending on campus size. Schools typically require multiple boxes for comprehensive coverage.
3. Component Supply from Unusual Machines: Unusual Machines Inc. supplies drone components to Campus Guardian Angel for expanding school safety drone service. This represents an inbound supply relationship that supports hardware production capacity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Campus Guardian Angel operates a managed Active Shooter Suppression Service for K-12 schools and universities. The service combines pre-positioned American-made proprietary drone boxes, a centralized remote piloting operations center in Austin staffed by elite human pilots (former Navy SEALs, SWAT leaders, top US drone racing pilots), and integrated mobile apps, digital twin campus mapping, and AI gun detection triggers. Schools purchase drone hardware boxes ($15,000 per box of 6 drones) and subscribe to the monthly managed response service ($4 per student per month) for 15-second drone response to active shooter threats.

Product overview

Campus Guardian Angel offers a unified Active Shooter Suppression Service combining three core components: proprietary non-lethal drones, mobile apps for situational awareness, and an elite human pilot team. The service operates from pre-positioned drone boxes throughout schools, responding within 15 seconds to confront threats. Optional add-on modules include the RADAR three-tier security solution (integrating ZeroEyes AI gun detection and Ark Strategic 3D mapping), Digital Twin Platform for campus visualization, and an Open Platform with API integrations. Pricing is structured as $15,000 per 6-drone box plus $4/student/month managed service fee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Active Shooter Suppression Service
• Campus Guardian Angel Drone Box (Box of 6 Drones)

Quantifiable outcome

• 15-second drone response time vs. 3-minute median FBI police response time to active shooter events
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ZeroEyescoreTechnology or Integration · 12 May 2026ZeroEyes provides AI-based gun detection as part of the RADAR (Real-time Alert, Detection And Response) integrated security solution deployed at Amos P. Godby High School. Upon gun detection, ZeroEyes can dispatch verified alerts to law enforcement and security teams within 3 to 5 seconds, triggering Campus Guardian Angel drone deployment. This integration layers AI gun detection onto existing school security cameras.
• Ark StrategiccoreTechnology or Integration · 12 May 2026Ark Strategic provides 3D mapping technology as part of the RADAR integrated security solution at Amos P. Godby High School. Their high-fidelity 3D mapping enables the digital twin visualization used by Campus Guardian Angel's operations center for precise threat response and situational awareness.
• Unusual Machines Inc.coreTechnology or Integration · 19 December 2025Unusual Machines Inc. announced a partnership to supply drone components to Campus Guardian Angel for expanding its school safety drone service across U.S. campuses. This is a critical supply chain partnership ensuring access to American-made drone components for production scaling. Unusual Machines also entered a strategic agreement with Dynamic Aerospace Systems to integrate U.S.-made components into their drone platforms.
• Raptor TechnologiescoreTechnology or Integration · 13 November 2025Campus Guardian Angel announced integration with Raptor Technologies' Silent Panic Alert system. This integration enables instant drone response triggered by Raptor's silent panic hardware and apps. When a panic alert is triggered, Campus Guardian Angel's ops center is queued to investigate and deploy drones if warranted.
• Unreal Engine (Epic Games)coreTechnology or IntegrationCampus Guardian Angel uses Unreal Engine (video game engine from Epic Games) to build its 3D viewing application for digital twin visualization of school campuses. This provides the ops team with a photorealistic 3D view of the campus during active shooter responses.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationCampus Guardian Angel's backend runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS), providing high availability with multi-region redundancy. AWS cloud infrastructure supports the ops center's real-time data processing, video streaming, and drone command-and-control operations.
• Zoom Video CommunicationscoreTechnology or IntegrationCampus Guardian Angel's mobile apps leverage Zoom's Video SDK for high-quality embedded video and audio chat during emergency events. Communication structured around user roles (staff, parents, law enforcement) with real-time coordination capabilities.
• FJD (Location Partner)coreTechnology or IntegrationFJD provides Ultra Wide Band beacons and SDKs used by Campus Guardian Angel for precision location tracking of staff and drones to 3-inch resolution indoors. FJD's hardware enables the UWB location system that overcomes GPS limitations inside buildings.
• Microsoft (Azure / Active Directory)coreTechnology or IntegrationCampus Guardian Angel's backend user management synchronizes to school Active Directory systems, often running on Microsoft Azure. SAML integration supports secure user login credentials for mobile apps. This enables seamless integration with existing school IT infrastructure.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Raptor Technologies: Raptor Technologies is a leading K-12 school-safety platform (panic alerts, visitor management, emergency management). It is integrated with CGA via the silent panic alert system and competes for the same district safety budget as a category-defining incumbent.
• BRINC Drones: BRINC builds US-made drones for emergency response, public safety, and tactical SWAT use, with LEMUR indoor tactical drones that penetrate structures and provide two-way communication — closely aligned with Campus Guardian Angel's indoor, response-oriented drone offering and shared public-safety/SWAT customer set.
• ZeroEyes: ZeroEyes provides AI-based gun detection layered on existing school security cameras, with verified alerts dispatched to law enforcement in seconds. It is already a CGA integration partner within the RADAR stack, but stands on its own as a leading K-12 school-safety technology vendor serving the same procurement budgets.
• Flock Safety: Flock Safety provides audio-based gunshot detection and license-plate-reading security for schools, businesses, and law enforcement. It is integrated with CGA as a trigger source and competes for safety-technology budget at school districts.
• Centegix: Centegix provides wearable silent panic button systems (CrisisAlert) widely deployed in K-12 schools. It serves as a CGA trigger source and is a direct comparable in the school-safety alerting stack.

Broad incumbents

• Axon Enterprise: Axon dominates US law enforcement technology (Tasers, body cameras, Evidence.com) and is expanding into drone and less-lethal response. It overlaps with CGA in the school-safety and law enforcement buyer set and is a natural potential incumbent competitor or acquirer.
• Motorola Solutions: Motorola Solutions sells radios, command-center software, and school-safety incident management to police and K-12 districts nationwide. It is a broad incumbent in CGA's procurement path and a likely competitor or partner in integrated school-safety suites.
• Anduril Industries: Anduril is a large defense-tech incumbent building autonomous UAS and counter-UAS systems for US government and security customers. It represents a potential competitor or acquirer in the broader autonomous aerial security category, and signals where the market could consolidate.
• Skydio: Skydio is a leading US-made autonomous drone manufacturer serving defense, public safety, and enterprise. While broader in scope, it is a comparable American-made drone platform that could compete or partner with CGA on hardware in the public-safety and school-safety markets.

Emerging players

• DroneShield: DroneShield specializes in drone detection and counter-UAS solutions for defense, public safety, and critical infrastructure. While it operates on the detection/counter side of the spectrum, it is highly relevant to the broader autonomous-aerial security category CGA is creating for schools.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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