The UK completed a successful test flight of a quantum-powered navigation system that cannot be jammed by foreign actors. The UK says th

UK completes first test flight of ‘un-jammable’ quantum navigation system

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2024-05-13 16:00:06

The UK completed a successful test flight of a quantum-powered navigation system that cannot be jammed by foreign actors.

The UK says they have achieved a new frontier in aviation: the first flight with a quantum-powered navigation system that cannot be jammed by foreign actors.

A group of quantum technology and aerospace companies completed the groundbreaking trials at Boscombe Down, a military aircraft testing site last Thursday.

The aircraft is equipped with a quantum inertial navigation system (Q-INS) that doesn’t rely on constant satellite signals to update its position unlike current GPS systems.

That means the system will be more resistant to the effects of GPS jamming, according to the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Quantum-based systems “could, over time, offer one part of a larger solution…[to] ensure that the thousands of flights that take place around the world daily, proceed without disruption,” the statement reads.