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The Wall Street Journal has spotlighted Q-CTRL’s groundbreaking work in quantum navigation, exploring how their technology is shaping the future of GPS-independent positioning in contested environments: The piece highlights how Q-CTRL’s quantum navigation technology is stepping into mission-critical roles as defence and aerospace organisations look for resilient alternatives to GPS in contested environments. It’s exciting external validation for a frontier category that’s rapidly moving from research to real-world deployment. A huge congratulations to Michael Biercuk and the entire Q-CTRL team. Michael’s vision, technical depth, and persistence have positioned Q-CTRL as a global leader in quantum sensing and navigation, and it’s fantastic to see that recognised on this stage. https://lnkd.in/gHD9w8QU #QCTRL #quantum #navigation #defense #innovation #venturecapital #MorpheusVentures

The 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺-𝘁𝗼-𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 movement (or 𝗽𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗸-𝘁𝗼-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲, here in Australia) transformed food by bringing people closer to the source. We take the same approach in #quantumnavigation. Rather than stopping at a high-performance atomic sensor and leaving the rest to others, we build the entire stack end-to-end — from the atoms, to the physics package, to the estimation software, to the cockpit-ready interface. It’s our 𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗺-𝘁𝗼-𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗶𝘁 philosophy: shorten the distance from breakthrough science to the hands of real operators. That’s why it’s exciting to see our work highlighted today in The Wall Street Journal today. The article showcases how quantum navigation is moving out of the lab and into real aircraft, real missions, and real environments — not someday, but now. Huge credit to the team at Q-CTRL (and our partners) who have been pushing this forward in the air, at sea, and in the field. End-to-end engineering is hard. But when every layer is designed to work together, the capability that emerges is something entirely new.

I’m proud to share that our work at Q-CTRL was just featured in The Wall Street Journal! In a world where GPS navigation is no longer guaranteed due to jamming, spoofing, or complete denial, we’re proving there is another way. And the answer lies in quantum technology. Last month, I joined our team in Griffith, Australia for real-world flight tests of our magnetometers, quantum sensors that measure Earth’s magnetic field and estimate position without any satellite signal. These sensors, software-ruggedized for field use, are already outperforming inertial navigation systems, the current gold standard in GPS backups. Big thanks to Mike Cherney and the WSJ team for covering this milestone and to the incredible engineers and scientists I’m fortunate to work alongside at Q-CTRL. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/g-weeDxQ #QuantumTech #QuantumNavigation #GPSAlternative #QuantumSensors #QCTRL #Defense #DefenseInnovation #WSJFeature #Engineering #MechanicalEngineering #QuantumAdvantage

In the race to quantum advantage, scaling qubits is only part of the challenge. Real progress also depends on precise device control, consistent performance, and the ability to deploy systems reliably at scale for widespread adoption. Integrating hardware with proven control software accelerates results and reduces costly trial-and-error. For data center and HPC providers, Boulder Opal Scale Up delivers that advantage. It is the industry’s first push-button solution for fully autonomous QPU testing and calibration, with no human intervention required. Built for both research environments and enterprise-scale deployments, it removes manual bottlenecks from the control stack. By combining advanced AI with leading quantum control techniques, Boulder Opal Scale Up delivers fast, repeatable calibration cycles, freeing up teams to focus on innovations. Learn how autonomous calibration empowers your team to maintain high-performance quantum systems with consistency and confidence. 🔗 Link:

Can the United States Department of War trust #GPS? Not all the time. And not in all circumstances. At Q-CTRL we're thrilled to have been featured in The Wall Street Journal for our pioneering efforts to resolve this problem, with a great article by Mike Cherney who joined our team for real-world flight tests of our #quantum navigation systems. We're proud to be building a new generation of GPS backups based on software-ruggedized #quantumsensors with support of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the US United States Department of War. We've already shown that this technology can outperform a standard GPS backup called an INS, delivering the first true commercial #quantumadvantage. Now we're accelerating our efforts to deploy this technology to our #AUKUS partners. Read on for a great piece on our leadership in quantum nav! https://lnkd.in/gPQ65Wb3

We are strengthening resilient navigation for defense and industry with Ironstone Opal, our quantum-assured navigation system that keeps crewed and uncrewed platforms on course when GPS is denied. Our quantum sensors are unjammable and unspoofable by detecting Earth's gravity and magnetic fields, enabling trusted positioning in contested environments. In recent flight trials, we again demonstrate Ironstone Opal's quantum advantage in the field by providing accurate navigation over long distances, surpassing high-end classical GPS backups. These results show how we can help defense forces counter jamming and spoofing, support autonomous systems, and protect critical infrastructure that depends on reliable navigation. Thank you Mike Cherney from The Wall Street Journal for highlighting our work. #QuantumSensing #QuantumTechnology #Defense #Navigation https://lnkd.in/gi_7dMaQ

The threat posed to the U.S. and other like-minded nations by China's rapid investment in advanced technology cannot be overstated. In the emerging quantum sector, we have seen simultaneous large-scale research initiatives, clear attempts to duplicate IP, and overt misinformation campaigns designed to mislead policymakers. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission's 2025 Annual Report to Congress rightfully prioritizes quantum technology in its top 10 recommendations. Their focus on investment in quantum software – like Q-CTRL's quantum infrastructure software – to enable scalable and interoperable quantum computing acutely identifies that securing a strategic advantage from quantum computing requires rapid acceleration of the development of both hardware and software. The report also identifies correctly that quantum technology is broader than quantum computing, and that the U.S. and its allies must lead in the development of all such technologies. We emphasize the critical strategic relevance of quantum sensing for national security applications, like navigation in GPS-denied environments. This technology is already field-validated and proven to deliver quantum advantage in the real world. We encourage the commission to deeply investigate the near-term opportunities for the integration of quantum navigation technologies into defense platforms to secure freedom-to-navigate in an era where GPS denial is becoming a weapon of strategic and economic sabotage. Overall, this report is a timely and essential indicator of the opportunity and risk tethered to U.S. investment policy in quantum technology. We are looking forward to working with the USCC and Congress in order to ensure the United States' superiority in this technology. Read the report: https://buff.ly/2SHjL2K Learn more about our AI-powered quantum infrastructure software to make quantum technologies useful for industry and defense: https://buff.ly/Dhrc5Du

November was a milestone month for quantum computing at Q-CTRL. In Japan, we integrated Fire Opal with RIKEN’s IBM Quantum System Two, enabling users of the JHPC-quantum project to achieve more than 1,000 times improvements in accuracy and efficiency for hybrid quantum–HPC applications. This marks our first on-premises HPC deployment worldwide and strengthens our collaboration with Japan’s leading research institutions. In the U.S., we partnered with Elevate Quantum to launch the Quantum Platform for the Advancement of Commercialization (Q-PAC), the first commercial, modular, open-architecture quantum computer. Built on our Quantum Utility Block (QUB) framework with QuantWare and Qblox, this platform brings reproducible, production-ready quantum computing to enterprise and data center environments. Read the newsletter to explore these stories and discover the latest product updates, events, career opportunities, and more. #QuantumComputing #HPC

As organizations explore quantum’s potential, real demonstrations of business-relevant performance are becoming critical. One of the clearest examples comes from our collaboration with Network Rail, showing how quantum optimization can reshape complex scheduling challenges. Using Q-CTRL’s Fire Opal on IBM Quantum hardware, the team demonstrated: → A 6X expansion in solvable problem scale. → Successfully routed 26 trains passing through London Bridge station (a major rail hub in London, UK) over an 18-minute period. → A pathway to accelerate quantum-enhanced scheduling by up to 3 years This work demonstrates how Fire Opal’s noise-aware optimization solver can help teams push beyond hardware limitations and solve more meaningful problems today. If you’re working on quantum optimization, logistics, or real-world scheduling problems, IBM is currently offering free access to Qiskit Functions on its Premium Plan. Take up Q-Ctrl’s Qiskit Functions and see how it can simplify your Qiskit workflow and get high-fidelity results. Read the full case study: https://buff.ly/gkOdY6d Request access to Fire Opal Qiskit Functions: https://buff.ly/K2n1GjC

We are live at #SC25 in St. Louis, and our team on site is ready to connect! 📍 Find us at the Quantum Junction, Booth #4538 🎤 Attend our presentation on Wednesday at the Exhibition Forum, showcasing our breakthrough results with NVIDIA and Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), where we achieved up to 600X speedup on one of the toughest computational challenges in quantum compilation. Title: Δ-Motif: Subgraph Isomorphism at Scale via Data-Centric Parallelism Date and time: Wednesday, 10:30 am – 11:00 am CST Location: Room 130 🔷 Learn about our newest collaboration with QuantWare and Qblox — the Quantum Utility Block (QUB), a pre-validated, modular, and fully automated quantum computer architecture that helps HPC centers and systems integrators deploy quantum computers faster and with less risk. Learn more about QUB here: https://lnkd.in/gMBfejMA Stop by our booth to meet the team and explore how Q-CTRL can support your quantum roadmap from quantum-classical development to scalable hardware deployments. Ganesh Ramamoorthy Nicholas Colander James Guilmart Tatiana Petkova Giacomo Torlai Esteban Ginez Yulun Wang Mellisa Ooi