Infleqtion Receives £9 Million to Develop Quantum RF Sensing System
Infleqtion, a neutral-atom quantum technology company, has received £9 million (about $12 million) from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation. The award continues development of a deployable quantum radio frequency direction finding system. No additional programme details are given in the source abstract.
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Within two years, Infleqtion could move its quantum RF direction-finding system from laboratory demonstration to field trials with UK defence or security agencies, giving them a wideband, antenna-free sensor for locating weak signals.
Rydberg-atom RF sensors have already been shown in laboratory settings and use atomic vapour cells rather than large antenna arrays, so the main remaining barrier is packaging, control electronics, and environmental hardening. Since this award continues an existing deployable-system effort, the path is engineering-driven rather than requiring new physics, provided field sensitivity can be preserved outside the lab.
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