VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SPARC AI Inc. (CSE: SPAI; OTCQB: SPAIF; Frankfurt: 5OV0) (“SPARC AI” or the “Company”), a defense technology company delivering positioning in GPS-denied environments, is pleased to announce that it is a sponsor of the Ukrainian Defense Tech Pavilion Reception at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2026 Annual Meeting & Exposition, 12–14 October at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The Company’s U.S. leadership team will attend the exposition and can be found at the Ukrainian Defense Tech Pavilion at AUSA meeting industry stakeholders regarding the Overwatch Positioning Network, SPARC AI’s GPS-denied positioning and targeting network for uncrewed systems.

AUSA is North America’s largest land-power exposition, bringing U.S. Army leadership, allied militaries and the defense industry together in one venue. GNSS jamming and spoofing are now routine on the modern battlefield, and uncrewed systems that depend on satellite positioning lose both the ability to navigate and to geolocate targets of interest without reliable and resilient positioning.

Overwatch has been successfully deployed and tested in Ukraine in a completely denied environment close to the front line, returning positions accurate to within one meter. Attending and sponsoring the Ukrainian Defense Tech Pavilion at AUSA provides SPARC AI the opportunity to share its recent deployment experiences and how Overwatch works in the most GPS contested environment.

SPARC AI U.S. CEO Matt McCrann and Darren Wolfe, Director, Federal & Public Safety, will attend the exposition and will be available at the Pavilion to meet with Army program offices, allied partners, drone manufacturers and integrators. The Ukrainian Defense Tech Pavilion will host a private reception on Tuesday, October 13th for up to 200 guests from Ukraine, allied countries, and partner defense tech companies. Matt McCrann will present SPARC AI to attendees and share the Company’s first-hand experience deploying Overwatch in Ukraine.

About SPARC AI Inc.

SPARC AI is a defense technology company solving for assured positioning in GNSS-denied environments. Its flagship product, Overwatch, is a platform that ingests telemetry from drones and other systems and 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 enabling navigation and geospatial intelligence wherever satellite signals are jammed, spoofed, or unavailable.

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