SandboxAQ Announces AQNav – World's First Commercial Real-Time Navigation System
SandboxAQ Announces AQNav – World's First Commercial Real-Time Navigation System
After development and testing with leading government and private sector partners, SandboxAQ is officially announcing AQNav, a breakthrough technology designed for navigation across air, land and sea when Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) systems are jammed or not available. To date, AQNav has logged more than 200 flight-hours and more than 40 sorties across multiple regions of the world on four different aircraft types, ranging in size from single-engine planes to large military transport aircraft.
Frequency Electronics Awarded Subcontract From Leidos to Develop Advanced Nitrogen Vacancy Diamond Magnetometer for DIU’s Transition Quantum Sensing Program
Frequency Electronics Awarded Subcontract From Leidos to Develop Advanced Nitrogen Vacancy Diamond Magnetometer for DIU’s Transition Quantum Sensing Program
Frequency Electronics, Inc. (“FEI” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ-FEIM), a leading provider of precision timing and frequency technology, today announced it has been awarded a subcontract from Leidos to develop a next-generation Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) Diamond Magnetometer.
DIU’s Transition of Quantum Sensing (TQS) Field Testing to Begin Across Five Critical Areas
DIU’s Transition of Quantum Sensing (TQS) Field Testing to Begin Across Five Critical Areas
In the coming months, the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU’s) Transition of Quantum Sensing (TQS) program will demonstrate the military utility of quantum sensors to address strategic Joint Force competencies like positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), as well as anomaly detection. Significant progress on the scientific understanding and product development of quantum sensors, offering the promise of significant improvements in precision, accuracy, and sensitivity compared to classical sensors, is being made, and these solutions, as well as the supporting companies advancing these technologies, are ready to proceed forward.
Fraunhofer IAF Launches Virtual Application Lab for Quantum Sensing
Fraunhofer IAF Launches Virtual Application Lab for Quantum Sensing
To promote the use of quantum sensors in industry, Fraunhofer IAF has developed a virtual application laboratory for quantum sensing. This innovative information platform provides comprehensive technical knowledge about quantum magnetometers, applications, and measurement scenarios. It also allows interested parties from industry and research to interactively perform sample measurements and assess the potential of this groundbreaking technology for their needs.
Quantum Sensors Used to Move Prosthetics
Quantum Sensors Used to Move Prosthetics
For controlling prosthetics, the body’s signals must be detected to move the artificial limb. At the moment, implanting electrodes is the most common technique but this is invasive and electrodes can deteriorate or move position. A completely different approach is now developed by the multidisciplinary consortium QHMI in Stuttgart, Germany, using quantum sensors to detect the incredibly small and fast nerve signals. The ultrasensitive quantum magnetometers will be carried outside the body measuring the neural signals through the skin. At this stage, the scientists are using Spectrum Instrumentation’s ultrafast digitizers (M5i.3357) and Arbitrary Waveform Generators (M4x.6631) to characterize the signals and to finally design the required Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs).
U.S. Air Force Extends Contract With SandboxAQ to Further Develop AQNav Technology
U.S. Air Force Extends Contract With SandboxAQ to Further Develop AQNav Technology
SandboxAQ today announced it was awarded a SBIR Phase 2B Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to further develop its dual-use AQNav magnetic navigation (MagNav) system. The funding increase will enable SandboxAQ and collaboration partner AFWERX to explore additional configurations of the core AQNav architecture, including a pod-based attachment, for deployment on a wider range of aircraft platforms, including unmanned aerial systems.
The Ariane 6 Carrier Rocket, Equipped With the Advanced Diamond Quantum Magnetometer, Has Been Successfully Launched
The European Quantum Flagship Initiative announced that the Ariane 6 carrier rocket was successfully launched a few days ago, carrying the advanced Diamond Quantum Magnetometer developed by its project AMADEUS, which can detect magnetic fields with incredible sensitivity. This device, named Oscar-Qube Plus, is a miniature quantum magnetic field sensor. Its first-generation version was launched to the International Space Station in August 2021 for scientific research.
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Scientists Have Developed a New Diamond Quantum Magnetometer That Enables MEG Under Practical Ambient Conditions
Researchers from Tokyo Tech have developed a highly sensitive diamond quantum magnetometer based on CW-ODMR that enables magnetoencephalography (MEG) under practical ambient condition. This diamond quantum magnetometer, which utilizes nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers, can achieve millimeter-scale resolution MEG and is expected to enable MEG imaging without the need for magnetic shielding room.
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SBQuantum & Silicon Microgravity Partner To Accelerate Mining Exploration Using Quantum Sensing, With Funding From UK & Canada
SBQuantum & Silicon Microgravity Partner To Accelerate Mining Exploration Using Quantum Sensing, With Funding From UK & Canada
SBQuantum, the first company developing diamond quantum magnetometers to accelerate critical mineral discovery, today announces a new partnership with Silicon Microgravity, a disruptive technology company developing innovative inertial and gravity sensors. The project will see the development of a drone-based system of sensors combining magnetics and gravimetry to accelerate the location and analysis of underground mineral deposits for the mining industry. This joint approach will significantly reduce the time and capital required for locating and analysing deposits in the field, while also improving 3D geological readouts.
Canadian Quantum-Sensing Startup Receives Deere Nod
Canadian Quantum-Sensing Startup Receives Deere Nod
SB Quantum of Sherbrooke, Que., was chosen to be part of John Deere’s annual Startup Collaborator program for 2024. It has developed technology based on a novel quantum magnetometer that can more accurately measure fluctuations in the Earth’s magnetic field.
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