Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT
Collaborative projects to address barriers to adopting quantum sensing and PNT.
This competition supports collaborative projects that accelerate the adoption of quantum enabled position, navigation, and timing (PNT) and sensing technologies by addressing specific technical and commercial barriers.
Projects must identify one or more barriers to adoption for a quantum technology in a specific use case and propose an innovative solution to address them. They must focus on quant…
Projects must focus on one of these technological themes: quantum enabled sensing for healthcare; quantum enabled PNT; or quantum enabled sensing for transport, telecoms, energy, or defence. Projects must exploit the capabilities of second generation quantum technologies. Projects that do not aim to accelerate adoption of quantum technologies, do not identify a specific barrier to adoption for a specific use case, do not focus on a specific quantum enabled sensing or PNT technology, or do not use second generation quantum technologies will not be funded.
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