Airship AI Reports Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results

 Third Quarter 2025 Net Revenues of $1.2 Million, Gross Profit of $.6 Million and Gross Margin of 51%

New Pro-U.S. Border Security Administration Provides Additional Macro Tailwinds for 2025 & Beyond with Validated Pipeline of $166 Million

Raised $9.7 Million in Aggregate Proceeds from the Exercise of Warrants Subsequent to Quarter End, Fortifying Balance Sheet and Providing Additional Operational and Financial Flexibility

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 17, 2025 (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, today reported its financial and operational results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025.

Q3 2025 Financial Highlights

• Net revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, were $1.2 million. The third quarter of 2025 presented a number of challenges as recent changes in the federal acquisition process under the new administration slowed the pace of planned contracting activity, particularly within the Department of Homeland Security, along with the government shutdown.
  
  
• Gross profits for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, were $0.6 million.
  
  
• Gross margin percentage was 51% for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. Lower margins were in part due to increased solution sales with more third-party hardware than Airship AI software.
  
  
• Operating loss was $2.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, primarily due to increased investments in sales and marketing related expenditures, which should increase future sales.
  
  
• Other income for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, was $9.3 million, primarily due to a gain from a change in the fair value of earnout liability of $3.9 million and change in fair value of warrant liability of $5.3 million.
  
  
• Net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, was $6.4 million, or $0.20 per basic share, primarily related to noncash income of $8.8 million.
  
  
• Net cash used in operating activities was $0.6 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2025.
  
  
• Cash and cash equivalents were $5.8 million as of September 30, 2025. Subsequent to the quarter end, the Company raised approximately $9.7 million in aggregate gross proceeds from the exercise of existing warrants.
  

Q3 2025 & Subsequent Operational Highlights

• Backlog as of September 30, 2025, was $11 million, representing firm fixed price contracts awarded in the third quarter of 2025 that will be shipped and invoiced through the remainder of calendar year 2025 and early 2026. Backlog is not indicative of future quarterly revenue as approximately 75% of quarterly revenue is transactional and recognized in the same quarter.
  
  
• Our total validated pipeline at the end of the quarter was approximately $166 million, consisting of single and multi-year opportunities for AI-driven edge, video, and sensor and data management platform across our customer verticals. Our pipeline includes opportunities at varying stages of progression with expected award timeframes over the next 18-24 months.
  
  
• Due to the sensitive nature of many of our customers and deployment use cases, we are often restricted from publicly disclosing awards and/or limited as to the specifics of the customer and use case. Consequently, most of our awards are executed on closed or restricted contract vehicles, which further limits the sharing of information that might otherwise be available.
  
  
• We continued to add to our sales team during the quarter as well as added to our development, quality assurance, and operational teams in support of existing and anticipated awards that will require additional resources and capabilities to fulfill.
  
  
• We participated in multiple customer-facing tradeshows during the quarter including new industry wide and vertically focused shows where we had a significantly increased level of participation and visibility as compared to historical participation.
  
  
• As part of our transition to a partner-driven sales model, we participated in several partner shows and events, including those sponsored by integrators and dealers and those by manufacturers of hardware sensors and solutions that we integrate with and manage for our customers.
  
  
• On October 8, 2025, the Company entered into warrant exercise inducement offer letter with the holder of its existing common stock warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 2,162,162 shares of its common stock to exercise its existing warrants at the existing exercise price of $4.50 per share in exchange for the Company’s agreement to issue new common stock warrants to purchase 2,702,702 shares of common stock at an exercise price per share of $6.20. The aggregate gross proceeds from the exercise of the existing warrants were approximately $9.7 million before deducting financial advisory fees. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the exercise of the existing warrants for working capital and general corporate purposes.
  

2025 Outlook

• Make tactical and strategic investments across our sales and business development organizations through organic cash flow from business operations and the potential cash exercise of public warrants.
  
  
• Release new Outpost AI product offerings as well as expand custom trained AI models supporting emerging edge analytic workflows.
  
  
• Continue innovation across our core Acropolis software platform supporting new workflows for cloud-based deployments in highly secure operational environments.
  
  
• Develop and execute expansionary opportunities in the commercial and retail markets, particularly around those companies involved in combating organized retail crime.
  
  
• Improve sourcing, supply chain management, and production-based process efficiencies to help drive continued margin expansion.
  
  
• Focus on brand awareness and engagement in new verticals through targeted marketing outreach opportunities, social media platforms, Airship AI hosted technology events, and industry tradeshow events.
  

Management Commentary

“The third quarter of 2025 presented a number of challenges as recent changes in the federal acquisition process under the new administration, along with the government shutdown, slowed the pace of planned contracting activity, particularly within the Department of Homeland Security,” said Paul Allen, President of Airship AI. “Despite these headwinds, we closed approximately $11 million in new opportunities by the end of the quarter, most of which are scheduled to ship in the fourth quarter of 2025 and early 2026.”

“As the government enters its new fiscal year we expect several opportunities that were delayed to move forward in the coming months with many forecasted for the government’s first fiscal quarter. In addition, with funding from the Big Beautiful Bill expected to flow down to agencies and components we have identified and added multiple new programs to our pipeline, further reinforcing our medium-term outlook.”

“The legislation includes more than $70 billion over the next four years in supplemental funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), including $6.2 billion earmarked for border security technology. Notably, the bill highlights investments in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other innovative technologies aimed at combating illicit trafficking. It also allocates approximately $46.6 billion for physical barriers, cameras, sensors, and related infrastructure as well as $5 billion for CBP facility upgrades, all areas where Airship AI’s technologies and solutions are well aligned.”

“Encouragingly, our recent awards and our expanding pipeline feature our edge AI platform, Outpost AI, as a central component of proposed and deployed solutions. The awards received to date underscore our strategic evolution toward delivering fully integrated, turnkey systems that combine Outpost AI with our backend software and tailored implementation services, positioning us to pursue broader, higher-value opportunities.”

“In the commercial market, we continue to see growing traction across multiple verticals. The shift to a partner-based go-to-market model is showing clear progress as demonstrated by ongoing pilots with several enterprise customers and continued success with flagship accounts. These initiatives leverage our proven approach from the federal sector with artificial intelligence remaining a key differentiator.”

“Looking ahead, we remain disciplined in executing on our fiscal year objectives, including a return to positive operational cash flow. While the ongoing uncertainty surrounding federal funding and the government shutdown adds near-term complexity, we are encouraged by the momentum in our pipeline and the progress toward several large opportunities expected to advance this quarter. Taken together, these factors provide a foundation for optimism as we approach the end of calendar 2025,” concluded Mr. Allen.

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.

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