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UK completes trials of quantum-based navigation systems

Keshav Thirumalai, Inertial Sensing Lead, Infleqtion UK, and UK Science Minister Andrew Griffith

Keshav Thirumalai, Inertial Sensing Lead, Infleqtion UK, explains the Quantum Inertial Navigation System trials to UK Science Minister Andrew Griffith, aboard QinetiQ’s RJ100 Airborne Technology Demonstrator aircraft (Images: QinetiQ)

The UK has successfully completed commercial flight trials of advanced quantum-based navigation systems, including an optical atomic clock, that cannot be jammed or spoofed by hostile actors.

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