VisionWave Advances qSpeed™ Pre-Commercial Computational Acceleration Architecture Across Defense Programs, Including Fire Control, Counter-UAS, and Intercept Workflows Where Microseconds Matter
Integration architecture completed; company initiating proof-of-concept development to accelerate real-time detection-to-decision loops across defense, cybersecurity, and advanced analytics
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VisionWave Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: VWAV) today announced initial progress in advancing the system-level integration architecture for qSpeed™, the Company’s pre-commercial, proof-of-concept computational acceleration engine, across multiple defense-focused programs — including WaveStrike™ RF-enabled fire-control workflows, Argus™ counter-UAS architectures, and additional time-critical intercept evaluation scenarios where computational latency can directly affect operational outcomes.
qSpeed™ remains pre-commercial and in proof-of-concept phase. The technology is not operational, has not been deployed in live environments, and there can be no assurance that it will achieve commercialization or targeted performance objectives. VisionWave is initiating a structured development effort to evaluate feasibility, scalability, and performance characteristics under controlled conditions.
From Sensing to Decision: Reducing Latency Across Mission-Critical Workflows
Modern defense and security systems increasingly possess sufficient sensor data but remain constrained by the time required to compute actionable conclusions. In contested or fast-moving environments, even small computational delays can materially degrade decision relevance.
qSpeed™ is designed to explore architectural approaches that prioritize the most decision-critical computation paths first, enabling rapid initial conclusions that can be continuously refined as additional processing cycles occur. This approach is intended to reduce end-to-end latency from sensing through analysis and decision support — without reliance on wholesale hardware replacement.
There can be no assurance that these objectives will be achieved.
WaveStrike™: Accelerating RF-Informed Fire-Control Decision Support
WaveStrike™ is designed to provide RF-informed, operator-assisted aiming and fire-control support for dynamic targets, including aerial threats where optical-only solutions may be constrained by visibility, clutter, or engagement timelines.
VisionWave’s qSpeed™ integration effort is focused on shortening the compute cycles required to refresh targeting guidance — such as range estimation, lead calculation, and hold refinement — so updated recommendations can be delivered more rapidly and consistently to the human operator under high-dynamics conditions.
WaveStrike™ seeks to preserve human-in-the-loop control and authorization. qSpeed™ is intended solely to accelerate underlying computational workflows that support faster and more stable decision assistance.
Argus™: Time-Critical Counter-UAS Orchestration at Scale
Argus™ is designed as a space-enabled counter-UAS architecture intended to extend situational awareness and enable coordinated response across broader operational areas than point-defense systems.
In such environments, detection, classification, tracking, prioritization, and response orchestration must occur continuously and under constrained time budgets. VisionWave is evaluating qSpeed™ as a reusable accelerator layer within Argus™ processing pipelines with the goal of supporting faster execution of time-critical analytics and decision workflows, particularly where communications and navigation may be degraded or contested.
Intercept Evaluation Scenarios: Where Microseconds Matter
VisionWave is also evaluating qSpeed™ in conceptual intercept-oriented workflows, including Argus-related scenarios involving high-velocity threats. In these time-compressed environments, computational latency can directly affect guidance refinement, intercept solution updates, and decision timing.
These scenarios remain illustrative and conceptual only. No operational intercept systems incorporating qSpeed™ exist today, and no performance outcomes are implied or guaranteed.
qSpeed™ as a Reusable Accelerator Layer
qSpeed™ is designed as a software-based computational acceleration layer that can be embedded across multiple system architectures. Rather than treating all computations as equally urgent, qSpeed™ emphasizes rapid prioritization and refinement cycles for decision-relevant processing.
VisionWave believes this architectural approach may have applicability across additional domains, including cybersecurity detection-to-response workflows and advanced analytics supporting electronic design automation (EDA). All such applications remain subject to development risk, validation outcomes, and funding availability.
Development Program and Next Steps
VisionWave is assembling specialized development teams to implement an initial integrated proof-of-concept, establish benchmarking methodologies, and evaluate scalability under representative workloads. This phase is designed to assess feasibility and architecture robustness — not to commercialize a product.
There is no assurance that required capital will be raised, that development milestones will be achieved, or that qSpeed™ will progress beyond proof-of-concept.
Conceptual Demonstration (Illustrative Only)
To illustrate the architectural concept underlying qSpeed™, the Company has prepared a simulated, non-operational demonstration video depicting how prioritized computation could function in latency-sensitive defense workflows.
This demonstration is conceptual only, does not reflect tested results, and does not represent operational performance. There can be no assurance that the concepts depicted will be achievable in practice.
https://vimeo.com/1156066730?share=copy
About VisionWave Holdings, Inc.
VisionWave Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: VWAV) is focused on advanced sensing, autonomy, and AI-driven systems for defense and security applications. VisionWave develops proprietary radio-frequency sensing, computational acceleration, and decision-support technologies intended to enhance situational awareness and time-critical response across complex operational environments.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the feasibility, development, validation, potential performance, integration, and possible applications of qSpeed™; anticipated development timelines; potential defense, cybersecurity, or analytics use cases; and future operational or commercial prospects.
Forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied herein. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, technical and engineering challenges, development delays or failures, inability to achieve performance objectives (including targeted latency reductions under real-world or contested conditions), funding constraints, regulatory considerations (including DoD approvals, export controls, and ITAR compliance), integration risks with existing defense systems or legacy hardware, competitive factors, and market conditions (including shifts in defense spending priorities or government contracting). Additional important factors are described in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which investors are urged to review carefully.
These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. VisionWave undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise except as required by law.
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