Quantum navigation and sensing: enabling capability on compact autonomous undersea platforms.
- Differentiation from existing technology: Quantum magnetometers and gravimeters offer exceptional sensitivity in an unprecedented compact, rugged form factor, enabling performance unattainable with conventional sensors.
- Key beneficiaries: Compact autonomous platforms—such as undersea vehicles and drones—stand to gain the most from these resilient, low-size, weight, and power (SWaP) quantum sensors.
- Navigation capability and performance: Quantum-sensor–enabled navigation integrates directly with inertial systems to deliver drift-free, GPS-independent positioning. Field trials have already demonstrated orders-of-magnitude accuracy improvements over high-end inertial navigation systems.
- Anomaly detection applications: Quantum sensors reveal magnetic and gravitational anomalies, opening new capabilities in maritime domain awareness, undersea threat detection, seafloor mapping, and infrastructure monitoring.
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