Motorola leads $125M round for Brinc, fueling 911 drone expansion amid U.S. import crackdown

The multi-sensor camera array on Brinc’s Guardian drone, which the company says is built to replace police helicopters. (Brinc Photo) Brinc Drones , the Seattle-based maker of 911 response drones, has raised $125 million in a new funding round led by Motorola Solutions , boosting its ambitions to put a drone on the roof of every police and fire station in America. The company says it will use the money to expand manufacturing capacity, bring new products to market, and grow its workforce.