Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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To combat global navigation satellite system (GNSS) jamming and spoofing, a UK government program has conducted flight testing of a quantum-based navigation system. A series of flights took place using QinetiQ’s RJ100 airborne technology demonstrator equipped with a Tiqker optical atomic clock and an ultra-cold-atom-based quantum system.
The tests are designed to prove technology that will lead to the development of a quantum inertial navigation system (Q-INS), according to the UK government, which is funding this effort with nearly £8 million ($10.2 million). This is part of the UK’s £2.5 billion National Quantum Strategy and National Quantum Technologies Program.
“Quantum-based positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems could, over time, offer one part of a larger solution to providing highly accurate and resilient navigation that complements current satellite systems, which could help ensure that the thousands of flights that take place around the world daily proceed without disruption.”
Research into quantum PNT technology and the Q-INS is led by Infleqtion, with collaboration from BAE Systems and QinetiQ. The tests were done at&nbsp;MoD&nbsp;Boscombe Down in Wiltshire. Science minister Andrew Griffith was on the final test flight on May 9. “From passenger flights to shipping,” he said, "we all depend on navigation systems that are accurate, safe, and secure. The scientific research we are supporting here on quantum technology could well provide the resilience to protect our interests.”

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