News and articles on the topic Quantum navigation

Secret X37-B spaceplane tests quantum alternative to GPS

News Technologies 08-20-2025 comment
The US Air Force’s secret X-37B spacecraft is to make its eighth space flight on August 21, 2025, to test quantum communication systems as an alternative to GPS.

GPS replacement — quantum diamond magnetometer changes navigation

News Technologies 06-23-2025 comment
German researchers from the Institute Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Solid State Physics has created a compact quantum magnetometer, which accurately measures extremely small magnetic fields. 

50 times more accurate than GPS: the first quantum navigation system has been created, which will save up to $1 billion a day

News Technologies 04-16-2025 comment
Australian company Q-CTRL has demonstrated its own secure quantum navigation system, that can work independently of GPS.

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