Q-NAV: Quantum Enhanced Inertial Navigation Systems

Q-NAV：量子增强惯性导航系统

基本信息

批准号：
10071739
负责人：
金额：
$ 445.89万
依托单位：
COLDQUANTA UK LIMITED
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Small Business Research Initiative
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2023 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10071739
关键词：
NAV Quantum Enhanced Inertial Navigation

项目摘要

Accurate positioning and navigation are essential for the functioning of modern infrastructure and are usually provided by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GPS. This occurs to such an extent that GNSS is often described as the 'invisible utility'. However, our current overreliance on GNSS creates a large single point of failure and is therefore of significant national concern.Prior to GNSS, inertial navigation systems (INS) were the standard for navigation. The accuracy of an INS depends critically on the sensitivity and noise performance of its inertial sensors, and they are currently used as backup for GNSS.By exploiting quantum superposition, atomic interferometers have been pushing the limits of inertial sensor noise and stability for the last decade in laboratories. However, they have not yet been demonstrated fully in the field, and do not currently have sufficient performance characteristics for a complete INS solution. Instead, early systems will use fusion of quantum and classical inertial sensors to enhance the performance in a so-called quantum-enhanced INS (Q-INS).The Q-NAV project aims to tackle the core challenges that currently stand in the way of achieving a Q-INS, as well as establishing a UK capability in the future manufacturing of Q-INSs and their subsystems. Successful completion of the project will pave the way toward deployable quantum-enhanced inertial navigation systems which can be used to provide secure positioning and navigation capability for the UK.

准确的定位和导航对于现代基础设施的运行至关重要，通常由 GPS 等全球导航卫星系统 (GNSS) 提供。这种情况发生的程度如此之大，以至于 GNSS 通常被描述为“看不见的效用”。然而，我们目前对 GNSS 的过度依赖造成了很大的单点故障，因此引起了国家的重大关注。在 GNSS 之前，惯性导航系统 (INS) 是导航标准。 INS 的精度主要取决于其惯性传感器的灵敏度和噪声性能，它们目前用作 GNSS 的备份。通过利用量子叠加，原子干涉仪在过去十年中一直在突破惯性传感器噪声和稳定性的极限在实验室。然而，它们尚未在现场得到充分论证，并且目前不具备完整 INS 解决方案的足够性能特征。相反，早期系统将使用量子和经典惯性传感器的融合来增强所谓的量子增强 INS (Q-INS) 的性能。Q-NAV 项目旨在解决目前阻碍实现 Q-INS，并建立英国未来制造 Q-INS 及其子系统的能力。该项目的成功完成将为可部署的量子增强惯性导航系统铺平道路，该系统可用于为英国提供安全的定位和导航能力。