Asylon Signs a $17 Million, Five-Year Robotic Security Contract With Securitas and Names Erik Iverson Chief Revenue Officer

Asylon Robotics, a Veteran Ventures Capital Fund I portfolio company and provider of managed robotic security and inspection services, signed a $17 million, five-year contract with Securitas, one of the largest guarding companies in the world, to protect a major U.S. critical infrastructure organization. Forbes reported the agreement on October 22. The contract covers 26 autonomous robotic security systems, a mix of Asylon's Guardian drones and DroneDog ground robots, across multiple facilities, delivered as a managed service that combines the robots, on-site and remote staff and Asylon's 24/7 Robotic Security Operations Center.

According to Forbes, the relationship began with two robots and a year of proving the technology with one customer. The article cites results from Asylon's existing deployments: Southern California logistics customers running the drone and ground-robot systems saw their facilities' crime index drop 13 percent, and at one metropolitan water authority a single DroneDog completed 4,622 autonomous patrols and more than 5,500 patrol miles in its first year, flagging 167 security events for human review. Asylon now has more than 50 robots running around the clock at customer sites, with more than 400,000 missions and 250,000 miles of autonomous patrols, about 80 percent of them at night and on weekends. The company builds its own drones and says it is fully NDAA-compliant.

"This shows that the ROI of robots is here," said Damon Henry, Asylon's CEO, in the Forbes article.

On October 6 Asylon named Erik Iverson Chief Revenue Officer, leading the commercial and government revenue teams as the company grows its security business and extends its ground and aerial platforms into inspection. Iverson was most recently President, Strategic Accounts at Belcan, a Cognizant company, where he led a business unit with more than $300 million in revenue, and before that spent more than three years as Chief Growth Officer, Americas at Cognizant. He served as a White House Fellow on the Secretary of State's policy planning staff across two administrations, was an emergency management leader for the City of Philadelphia, holds a Ph.D. in international relations and remains an active volunteer firefighter. The appointment release reports more than 400,000 robotics missions and 250,000 miles patrolled, names Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Kia Georgia and GXO Logistics among Asylon's deployments, and cites the company's Phase III contract with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex for MARIA, the paired ground and aerial system for inspecting U.S. Air Force aircraft.

"Erik brings extensive experience leading growth across leading businesses and governments, and brings vital operating discipline and aerospace and defense experience that can build on our progress to unlock a new phase of growth while strategically expanding into new markets like inspection," said Damon Henry, Co-Founder and CEO.

The contract and the appointment follow Bosch Ventures' investment in Asylon in September. Veteran Ventures Capital invested in Asylon through Fund I.

VVC's view: Securitas is a different kind of customer from the facilities Asylon has sold to directly. It sells guarding, and choosing to put 26 robots and Asylon's operations center inside its own five-year service to a client tells us the guarding industry sees the robots as part of the product rather than a threat to it. The operating figures Forbes cites are the reason it could make that decision, and a Chief Revenue Officer who has run a $300 million aerospace and defense business arrives at the point where the sales motion changes from proving the robots to scaling the channel.

Sources: Forbes — This $17 Million Robot Security Deal Might Be The Biggest Ever (October 22, 2026); Asylon — Erik Iverson Chief Revenue Officer appointment (October 6, 2026); John Koetsier — Damon Henry interview and transcript on the Securitas contract; Asylon — Bosch Ventures investment announcement (September 18, 2026); Asylon — Phase III U.S. Air Force aircraft inspection contract; VVC — Asylon Robotics company profile and Fund I classification; VVC — Asylon Series B announcement naming VVC investment participation.