Vendor · Public-safety technology
Flying Lion
Contract actions with Flying Lion in California city council documents since 2022 — also written as FLYING LION INC.; FLYING LION, INC; FLYING LION, INC.; Flying Lion Inc; Flying Lion Inc.; Flying Lion Incorporated; Flying Lion Incorporated (FLI); Flying Lion, Inc.; Flying Lion, Incorporated; Flying Lion, lnc.
Extracted automatically — check the source. These rows were read out of the cities' own agendas, staff reports and minutes by a language model (claude-haiku-5-5/v3) on 2026-10-19. Each amount links to the passage it came from and each row to the city's original file, which is the official record. Rows marked check had a problem the checks caught.
20actions
10cities
$2,545,476approved (recorded vote)
$5,473,798proposed, no vote in the index
2022-05-03first action in the index
Dollar totals add the amount each action states: an amendment's new total can repeat an earlier award, and annual amounts are counted once. Use them as a rough size, the rows for detail.
By city
| City | Actions | First | Latest | Approved $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redondo Beach | 5 | 2022-05-03 | 2025-05-13 | — |
| Beverly Hills | 4 | 2023-06-06 | 2026-06-09 | — |
| El Monte | 2 | 2023-11-21 | 2024-02-06 | $106,554 |
| Hemet | 2 | 2023-07-11 | 2024-09-10 | $250,000 |
| Santa Monica | 2 | 2022-11-15 | 2023-12-12 | $1,562,000 |
| Azusa | 1 | 2023-09-18 | 2023-09-18 | $124,322 |
| Carson | 1 | 2025-08-05 | 2025-08-05 | — |
| Oceanside | 1 | 2025-04-23 | 2025-04-23 | $143,600 |
| Paramount | 1 | 2025-07-08 | 2025-07-08 | $109,000 |
| West Hollywood | 1 | 2025-01-21 | 2025-01-21 | $250,000 |
Actions
| Date | City | Item | Action | Amount | Outcome | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | Beverly Hills | FLYING LION, INC REMOTE DRONE PILOTS FOR CRIME PREVENTION AND APPREHENSION PURPOSES Drones | Award | $500,000 | No vote recorded | other · city original |
| 2025-08-05 | Carson | APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENTS WITH FLYING LION, INC. FOR DRONE SURVEILLANCE SERVICES AND RELATED INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS FOR UNION SOUTH BAY ROOFTO Drones | Award | $44,800 not to exceed | No vote recorded | packet · city original |
| 2025-07-08 | Paramount | Agreement with Flying Lion, Inc. to Provide Drone Services for Motor Vehicle Speed Contests or Exhibitions of Speed Drones | Award | $109,000 not to exceed | Approved AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Delgadillo, Cuellar Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos;… | agenda · minutes · packet · packet · packet |
| 2025-06-17 | Beverly Hills | Agreement with Flying Lion Inc. for providing remote drone pilots for crime prevention and apprehension purposes; and approval of a purchase order for FY 2025-2 check Drones | Award | $3,000,000 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · city original |
| 2025-06-17 | Beverly Hills | FLYING LION, INC. W/ AGREEMENT REMOTE DRONE PILOTS FOR CRIME PREVENTION AND APPREHENSION PURPOSES check Drones | Award | $600,000 | No vote recorded | other · city original |
| 2025-05-13 | Redondo Beach | Approve Contracts Under $35,000: 1. Approve an amendment to the agreement with Flying Lion, Inc. for the provision of drone services to extend the term to June Drones | Renewal / extension | $34,999 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · other · city original |
| 2025-04-23 | Oceanside | Drone as First Responder (DFR) pilot program and Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC); purchase order to Flying Lion, Inc. for visual observer staffing Drones | Sole-source award | $143,600 not to exceed | Approved 5-0 | agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2025-01-21 | West Hollywood | AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES WITH FLYING LION INC. TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND USE OF DRONES AS FIRST RESPONDERS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY SAFETY IN WEST HOLLYWOOD Drones | Award | $250,000 not to exceed | Approved Approved as part of the Consent Calendar. | agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2024-09-10 | Hemet | Second Amendment to Agreement with Flying Lion, Inc. increasing the Not to Exceed Amount to $125,000 per City Fiscal Year for Remote Pilot in Control and Consul check Drones | Amendment | $125,000 not to exceed | Approved CARRIED 5- 0 | agenda · agenda · agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2024-06-18 | Redondo Beach | APPROVE CONTRACTS UNDER $35,000 (item 5: agreement with Flying Lion, Inc. for drone services) Drones | Award | $34,999 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · agenda · packet · other |
| 2024-02-06 | El Monte | Consideration and Approval of a Modification to the Professional Services Agreement Between Flying Lion Incorporated and the City of El Monte (Contract 23PD1113 Drones | Amendment | — | Approved 7-0 | agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2023-12-12 | Santa Monica | Approval of Second Modification of Agreement #11338 with Flying Lion for Drone as a First Responder Program check Drones | Amendment | $1,381,000 | Approved | staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda |
| 2023-11-21 | El Monte | Consideration and Approval for the Purchase of Public Safety Drone Technology, a Drone Mobile Command Vehicle, Required Drone Operator Training, Computer, and A Drones | Award | $106,554 not to exceed | Approved 7-0 | minutes · city original |
| 2023-09-18 | Azusa | CONTRACT WITH FLYING LION, INC. FOR UNMANNED AIR SYSTEMS CONSULTING SERVICES. Drones | Sole-source award | $124,322 | Approved | agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2023-07-11 | Hemet | Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement for Services Between the City of Hemet and Flying Lion, Inc. in an Amount not to Exceed $125,000 for Remote Drones | Award | $125,000 not to exceed | Approved CARRIED 5-0 | agenda · agenda · agenda · agenda · city original |
| 2023-06-06 | Beverly Hills | Fiscal Year 2023-24 Blanket Purchase Orders: Flying Lion, Inc. remote drone pilots Drones | Purchase order | $300,000 | No vote recorded | other · city original |
| 2023-01-17 | Redondo Beach | APPROVE A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH FLYING LION, INC. FOR THE PROVISION OF DRONE SERVICES TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FROM FEBRUARY 12, 2023 TO FEBRUARY check Drones | Amendment | $643,760 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · minutes · other · other |
| 2023-01-17 | Redondo Beach | First Amendment to Support Services Agreement between UAS Air and City of Redondo Beach (Flying Lion, Inc.) check Drones | Amendment | $105,080 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · staff report · city original |
| 2022-11-15 | Santa Monica | Approval of 1st Modification of Agreement No. 11338 (CCS) with Flying Lion for Drone as a First Responder Program check Drones | Amendment | $181,000 not to exceed | Approved | staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda · minutes |
| 2022-05-03 | Redondo Beach | APPROVE A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH FLYING LION, INC. INCREASING THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FROM $105,080 TO $210,160, FOR THE PROVISION OF DRONE SER check Drones | Amendment | $210,160 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · agenda · minutes · other |
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