- SPARC AI (CSE:SPAI) has completed the first test flight of its Strike 1 drone, showcasing GPS-denied autonomy and real-time target acquisition capabilities
- The company introduced a developer-friendly API and SDK, enabling seamless integration of its Overwatch software into platforms like NVIDIA Jetson, Qualcomm RB5, and Boston Dynamics
- SPARC AI’s software-only architecture delivers lightweight, GPS-free navigation and geolocation across drones, ground robots, and sea vehicles — without added payload or power consumption
- SPARC AI stock (CSE:SPAI) opened trading 3.85 per cent lower at $0.98
SPARC AI (CSE:SPAI) reached a major milestone in autonomous drone technology with the successful first test flight of its newly-developed Strike 1 drone. The custom-built aerial platform is designed to demonstrate SPARC AI’s embedded GPS-denied autonomy and real-time target acquisition capabilities.
The company expects to take delivery of the first production units of Strike 1 within the next two weeks. These units will be used in live demonstrations, partner testing, and integration programs to showcase the full potential of SPARC AI’s Overwatch software — a software-only intelligence layer that enables autonomous navigation and object geolocation without relying on GPS, lidar, radar, or image recognition.
Click here for a YouTube video of its first flight.
Customers with existing drone fleets can install Overwatch directly onto their hardware. For those seeking a turnkey solution, Strike 1 will be available as a pre-configured, ready-to-fly platform for paid trials, allowing users to experience the full capability of SPARC AI’s embedded autonomy without modifying their own systems.
“The recent launch of SPARC AI Universal API, a software interface that allows developers to incorporate Overwatch into virtually any platform, and SPARC AI’s late October announcement that Overwatch can be integrated into QGround Control, a widely adopted open-source ground station for major drone operating systems, represent important commercial milestones for the company. The successful flight of Strike 1 marks another major step toward bringing our GPS-denied autonomy to market,” SPARC AI’s CEO, Anoosh Manzoori, explained in a media statement. “This drone isn’t just a test platform, it’s a commercial product customers can test to experience the power of our embedded Overwatch software firsthand.”
Along with the Strike 1 launch, SPARC AI has also unveiled its Universal API and Software Development Kit (SDK) — a powerful software interface that allows developers, drone manufacturers, and robotics companies to integrate Overwatch into virtually any platform. The API is compatible with a wide range of hardware systems, including NVIDIA Jetson, Qualcomm RB5, Boston Dynamics, and numerous commercial and defence-grade drones.
“By opening Overwatch through a universal API, we’re empowering the global developer community to embed GPS-denied intelligence into any platform — from drones to next-generation robotic systems,” CEO, Manzoori said in another news release.
SPARC AI’s software-only architecture delivers advanced geolocation and navigation intelligence without increasing payload, power consumption, or detectability. This mathematical approach to autonomy significantly reduces cost, weight, and energy use, while extending flight time and operational range. The result is a scalable solution that transforms existing systems into fully autonomous, GPS-free target acquisition platforms — no new hardware required.
Following its recent integration of Overwatch into QGroundControl for PX4 and ArduPilot, the launch of the Universal API marks a major step forward in SPARC AI’s mission to commercialize and expand its technology across defence, commercial, and industrial applications worldwide.
SPARC AI Inc. has developed and patented Spatial Predictive Approximation and Radial Convolution (SPARC), encompassing exclusive algorithms leveraging established mathematical principles to determine the positions of remote objects independently of satellite, GPS or internet connectivity. Leveraging this core IP, SPARC AI is in the process of creating a variety of geospatial solutions, which are being seamlessly integrated into a microchip. This integration empowers users to enable SPARC AI functionality across their camera devices, including drones.
SPARC AI stock (CSE:SPAI) opened trading 3.85 per cent lower at $0.98 but has risen 244.83 per cent since the year began.
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