PerfectWave Technologies, LLC, based in Poway, California, was a government technology contractor notable for its development of leading edge signal processing technologies. Among the applications PerfectWave was completing at the time of its demise were several in the defense arena. It had completed and delivered a variation of its base algorithm in a chip set to eliminate background noise in the helmets of the crews of the Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) and the Abrams main battle tank. In addition substantial progress had been made on an application which allowed ground penetrating radar to locate and identify improvised explosive devices (IED).
PerfectWave received media attention when its connection to Tom DeLay was given scrutiny. [1]
PerfectWave is a company owned by Poway businessman Brent R. Wilkes, Max Gelwix was co-founder and CEO.[2]