US Air Force Pursues Quantum Research to Develop GPS Jamming Resistance

The Office of Scientific Research under the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) conducted a massive research grant competition during the latter half of 2020, known as the Quantum U Tech Accelerator grant. A total of 17 quantum research science grants have now been awarded, with two of the grants focused on using quantum computing to tackle challenges in GPS resistance during navigation.

The two GPS-related grants have been awarded to Gurudev Dutt at the University of Pittsburgh (United States) in Memory-Enhanced Quantum Sensing for GPS-denied Navigation, and John Close at the Australian National University (Australia), in Quantum sensors for GPS-denied navigation.

The awards were presented at the end of a three-day virtual pitch competition held during the Million Dollar International Quantum U Tech Accelerator. Approximately 52% of the awards went to researchers based in the US, 29% to Australia, and the remaining to those in Switzerland. Awardees are now eligible to apply for a one-year seedling grant of approximately $75,000 each.

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