AUSTIN, Texas, April 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AINewsWire Editorial Coverage: Satellite positioning has long served as the invisible backbone of military operations, underpinning everything from guided munitions to autonomous drone navigation, but that confidence is now fracturing. Across active combat theatres, navigation signals are being systematically jammed, spoofed and degraded at scale, turning one of warfare's most relied-upon tools into one of its most exploitable vulnerabilities. Drones lose orientation, missions fail mid-flight, and entire system architectures collapse in electronically hostile conditions, prompting defense establishments worldwide to urgently seek alternatives capable of signal-free, satellite-independent operation. Into that gap, SPARC AI Inc. (OTC: SPAIF) (profile) has introduced its software-based Overwatch platform, which enables unmanned systems to navigate and acquire targets in GPS-denied environments without any hardware modifications, a faster-to-deploy, more scalable alternative to the hardware-intensive solutions that currently dominate the sector. The company is part of a cohort of innovators, including Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ: DPRO), AeroVironment Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ: KTOS) and Red Cat Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: RCAT), all operating where drone technology, artificial intelligence and defense capability intersect with a shared emphasis on autonomous and military-grade unmanned systems.
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