Quantum Sensors

Abstract

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) research and development of quantum technologies is critical to maintaining the Nation’s technological superiority. This effort will focus on maturing, demonstrating, and transitioning quantum inertial sensors, gravity sensors, atomic clocks, and quantum electro-magnetic sensors. The specific quantum technologies efforts are: -Joint (USAF/USN) Magnetic Navigation program led by the USAF using quantum magnetic sensors and magnetic maps to navigate aerial platforms without GPS. -Joint (USAF/USN) Inertial Sensing program utilizing accelerometer and gyroscopes to track position, orientation and velocity of a moving object in a non-jammable mode of operations: important for strategic platforms in multiple domains. -Joint (USN/USA) Magnetometer program led by ONR to enable a new generation of unmanned vehicles to create magnetic anomaly detection capabilities for both land and sea. -Quantum accelerometer program led by ONR to calibrate guidance accelerometers at sea without having to come back to port. -Joint (USA/USN) Atomic Clock program led by ARL providing the next generation of strategic atomic clocks.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2025
Source ID
8b6e0ca6682319b9918fa9c75989bba0

Tags

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots
  • Space

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