Scaling Supply Chains for Quantum Enabled Sensing and PNT
Funds UK business-led consortia developing supply chains for quantum enabled sensing and positioning, navigation and timing technologies.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), administers this competition as a collaborative grant under co-funding from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The total fund is £32.8 million, distributed across multiple collaborative projects. Per-project award minimums and maximums are not published; the £32.8 million is a combined pool for all awards. Projects …
Supply chain development for quantum enabled sensing devices and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems. Projects must address the hardware, components, or manufacturing ecosystem needed to scale quantum sensing technology toward commercial deployment.
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