Canadian defense firm demonstrates GPS-free autonomous drone targeting at 43 km range

Dylan Malyasov

24d ago· 5 min readenNews

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Canadian defense tech company SPARC AI Inc. demonstrated its autonomous targeting system successfully acquiring and tracking a target at 43 km (27 miles) over open water without GPS. The test was conducted in Port Phillip Bay, Australia, with a drone flying at 115 meters altitude. The company explicitly benchmarks this capability against strategic maritime chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting the system's potential for contested environments where GPS may be jammed or unavailable.

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SPARC AI Inc., a Vancouver-based defense technology developer, announced on June 9, that it completed the test in Port Phillip Bay, off the coast of Victoria, Australia, with a drone flying at 115 m (377 ft) above the water surface.

A Canadian defense software company has demonstrated that its autonomous targeting system can acquire and track a target at a range of 43 km (27 miles) over open water without relying on GPS

a result the company is explicitly benchmarking against one of the most contested maritime chokepoints on Earth

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A Canadian defense software company has demonstrated that its autonomous targeting system can acquire and track a target at a range of 43 km (27 miles) over open water without relying on GPS, a result the company is explicitly benchmarking against one of

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