What is required to ensure quantum technologies (i.e., gravity sensors) can provide a reliable alternative to GNSS for maritime and other modes of transport?

Background

The grow and level up the economy strategic priority is at the heart of the government’s agenda to spread opportunity across the UK. Transport has a crucial role to play, whether it be through improving connectivity across the United Kingdom and growing the economy by enhancing the transport network, on time and on budget. DfT has a number of specific interests in this space, notably our infrastructure projects, Places for Growth and our apprenticeships and skills work.

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Related UKRI funded projects

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    MISTIQUE will accelerate the practical benefits of quantum sensors for society. It will derive its research program from the innovation needs of future transport systems and lay the physics and engineering foundations fo...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project MISTIQUE directly addresses the question by focusing on the development of quantum sensors for accurate navigation and timing without the use of satellite navigation services, specifically for transport systems.

  • CQINS: Continuous Quantum Inertial Navigation Systems

    Reliable and accurate positioning and navigation functionality is essential for much of or modern society. This need, however, is even stronger for critical national infrastructure (CNI), such as the emergency and defenc...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically focuses on developing quantum-enhanced inertial navigation systems as an alternative to GNSS for secure positioning and navigation, aligning with the question's objective.

  • TOPological optimisation of technologies for high-bandwidth atomic Gravimetry Used in Navigation Systems

    Navigation solutions can be made independent of satellite communication if, for example, real-time measurements of the earth's gravitational profile can be matched to known values on a map. For this, an absolute gravimet...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The TOP-GUNS project is relevant as it aims to develop a robust and portable gravimeter for real-world positioning and navigation applications, providing an alternative to satellite navigation.

  • HARLEQUIN - High-Accuracy Robust deployabLE QUantum Inertial Navigation

    Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) provide an easily-accessed source of timing and location data. However, GNSS is vulnerable to jamming and spoofing and is not available in sub-terrain and sub-marine environment...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

  • REVEAL

    REVEAL is a collaboration between e2v, RSK, Gooch Housego (G&H) and the University of Birmingham (UoB) to develop and trial the first commercial prototype QT gravity gradiometer sensor. It builds on the successful In...

    Funded by: EPSRC

  • A U.K. Hub for Quantum Enabled Position, Navigation and Timing (QEPNT)

    The UK Hub for Quantum Enabled Position Navigation and Timing (QEPNT) will lead and support the community, ecosystem and technologies required for the UK to be a global leader in future position, navigation and timing (P...

    Funded by: EPSRC

  • GRADUATE

    Quantum enabled Gravity Gradiometry, the measurement of the rate of spatial change of the earth's gravity field, offers significant performance improvements over conventional gravimetry including much better signal to no...

    Funded by: ISCF

  • Quantum Sensing on the London Underground

    Many parts of our society are now heavily reliant on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Not only are they used to facilitate the supply chains that support our economy, they also enable the movement of goods and...

    Funded by: EPSRC

  • QNAV2 - Quantum Enhanced Navigation 2

    Over reliance on GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite system) for modern infrastructure such as position, navigation and timing is a well-documented and a timely challenge. Spoofing and jamming of the timing and location si...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES ASSOCIATES LIMITED

  • Feasibility study for quantum gravimeters

    ColdQuanta proposes a collaboration with Dr. Kai Bongs of the University of Birmingham and M-Squared Lasers to develop cold-atom-based gravimeters and gravity gradiometers as a replacement for current instruments that ar...

    Funded by: EPSRC