SPARC AI Flies Blind and Still Hits the Mark: Overwatch Locates Targets with Drone Camera Fully Covered

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SPARC AI Inc. (CSE: SPAI; OTCQB: SPAIF; Frankfurt: 5OV0) (" SPARC AI " or the " Company ") a defense technology company delivering positioning for drones in GPS-denied environments, today announced the successful completion of a series of flight tests in which the Overwatch Positioning Network accurately calculated target locations while the drone's camera was physically blindfolded and covered. With the camera lens fully obscured for the duration of the tests, the aircraft flew a structured test pattern and the Overwatch API returned target coordinates computed entirely from flight telemetry. The results confirm a deliberate design principle of the Overwatch architecture: the positioning solve uses no image recognition software and no pre-loaded reference imagery of any kind. Most alternative approaches to GPS-denied positioning and targeting rely on computer vision with matching camera imagery against stored maps or terrain features. Those systems degrade or fail at night, in fog, smoke, or dust, over water, snow, desert, and featureless terrain, and they require imagery of the operating area to be collected and loaded in advance. Overwatch is telemetry-only and none of these limitations apply. The successful blindfold tests demonstrate that Overwatch performs identically in zero-visibility conditions, and that the onboard camera serves purely as an operator aiming aid and not as a sensor input to the positioning calculation. The vision-free architecture also underpins Overwatch's integration model. The system requires no hardware or software installed on the aircraft. Its inputs are telemetry that every commercial flight controller already produces, and its output is standard latitude, longitude, and time — indistinguishable to an autopilot from a conventional GPS fix. This means any drone OEM can integrate the SPARC AI API into an existing workflow without redesigning the aircraft or its autonomy stack. Overwatch can be deployed as a backup position source that takes over when satellite navigation is jammed or unavailable, blended continuously alongside existing sensors, or used as the primary position source in denied environments. Overwatch is not a rip-and-replace proposition. As no imagery is captured, transmitted, or processed by the Overwatch service, no visual data ever leaves the aircraft through the SPARC AI API when used in field operations. Combined with the platform's stateless, no-data-retention design, this materially simplifies security review for defense and government customers. Contact us for full demo of blindfold test: https://x.com/SPARC__AI/status/2094559375264481505 About SPARC AI Inc. SPARC AI is a defense technology company solving navigation in GNSS-denied environments. Its flagship product, Overwatch, is a platform that ingests telemetry from drones and other moving platforms and returns absolute latitude and longitude — no onboard software, no edge hardware, and no reliance on GPS. Delivered as a stateless service, Overwatch gives commercial and defense operators dependable positioning wherever satellite signals are jammed, spoofed, or unavailable. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws and may also constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of United States securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the use of proceeds from the completed financing, the Company's future, R&D programs, development activities, and the potential of its technology. Forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations, estimates, beliefs and assumptions of management as of the date hereof. Such statements are subject to several known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to the use of proceeds, market conditions, competition, development activities, pricing, and general economic conditions. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable law. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in the United States. Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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