Avionics
Flight Tests Could Pave Way for Quantum-based INS
UK government is funding research into spoof-proof navigation technology
UK quantum test flights in RJ100 aircraft
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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.

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