Brinc Drones, the Seattle-based maker of public safety drones for first responders, is moving its headquarters and factory space to a massive development not far from its current Fremont neighborhood location.
Brinc is taking over 35,000 square feet at West Canal Yards, in a former fish cannery along the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Queen Anne. The company plans to grow to 50,000 square feet in one building and perhaps grab more space down the line.
“I think it’d be sick if someday this was like, Brinc campus,” founder and CEO Blake Resnick told GeekWire while looking out at the industrial surroundings.
Brinc will move in later this fall, doubling its production footprint and positioning the company to scale manufacturing significantly. The company develops drones and related technology for police, fire, and emergency response agencies — including the newly announced Guardian.
Resnick, who moved the company from Las Vegas in 2021, is doubling down on why he chose Seattle after considering Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin, San Francisco and Boston. He was attracted to the region’s aerospace, consumer electronics and software talent, and Brinc has been growing ever since.
The company now employs 160 people across mechanical and electrical engineering roles, embedded software, autonomy, web app, manufacturing, quality assurance, sales, training, customer support and more. Resnick said they’ll likely exceed 250 by the end of the year.
“I wanted to make it easy for our team to navigate this transition,” he said. “If we relocated to Redmond or something, that would really change the commute profile.”
The new space features very high ceilings in the main manufacturing and warehouse space. Two stories of office space are being spruced up with the addition of meeting rooms and cubicles and other tech office trappings. One corner office with large windows looks down on the main floor.
“I don’t know if it’s gonna be fully my office, maybe this turns into a big board room type situation and I just happen to work here,” Resnick said. “I do really love this space. I think it’s gonna look awesome when there’s actual drone manufacturing operations happening.”
Brinc will be manufacturing a number of drones from its product line, including the large new Guardian drone that it unveiled on Tuesday, as well as recharging nests, batteries, handheld controllers, chargers and other accessories.
In 2025, the company more than tripled revenue and quintupled monthly production capacity. To meet accelerating demand, Brinc says it required substantially more manufacturing space. The new facility enables the company to scale output dramatically while maintaining tight integration between engineering and production.
“There aren’t that many buildings that suit our needs that are on the market at any given time,” Resnick said. “This one just checked a lot of boxes.”
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