HARLEQUIN - High-Accuracy Robust deployabLE QUantum Inertial Navigation

全球导航卫星系统 (GNSS) 提供易于访问的定时和位置数据源。然而，GNSS 容易受到干扰和欺骗，并且无法在地下和海底环境中使用。基于航位推算的惯性导航系统 (INS) 利用加速计和陀螺仪来推断运动，而不依赖于任何外部系统。然而，基于经典物理的传感器还没有达到 GNSS 保持所需的稳定性和精度。量子混合 INS 使用来自量子传感器和经典传感器的输入来测量空间运动，与现有经典 INS 相比，可以提供显着的性能改进。该项目将提供一个量子经典混合 INS 演示器，该演示器围绕 CPI TMD 现有的 gMOT 产品构建——一种由 USB 电池供电的紧凑型便携式磁光陷阱 (MOT)。该系统将 MOT 衍生的加速度计与经典环形激光陀螺仪和原子钟集成在一起，以精确测量位置变化，并将适合在海上平台上使用。项目负责人 CPI TMD Technologies Ltd. 将输出一个商业上可行的主权系统，可以大规模制造，供民用和国防最终用户使用。 CPI TMD 将带来其真空和子系统集成能力以及来自潜在最终用户网络的强大商业驱动力，并利用在开发量子技术 8 年来建立的英国供应链。

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) provide an easily-accessed source of timing and location data. However, GNSS is vulnerable to jamming and spoofing and is not available in sub-terrain and sub-marine environments. A dead reckoning-based inertial navigation system (INS) utilises accelerometers and gyroscopes to deduce movement without reliance on any external systems. However, no sensor based on classical physics has reached the necessary stability and accuracy desired for GNSS holdover.A quantum-hybrid INS, measuring spatial movement using the input from both quantum-enabled and classical sensors, can offer significant performance improvements over existing classical INSs. This project will deliver a quantum-classical hybrid INS demonstrator, built around CPI TMD's existing gMOT product -- a compact, portable magneto optical trap (MOT) powered by a USB battery. The system will integrate a MOT-derived accelerometer with a classical ring laser gyroscope and an atomic clock to allow precise measurement of changes in position, and will be suitable for use on a maritime platform.Project lead CPI TMD Technologies Ltd. will output a commercially viable sovereign system that can be manufactured at scale for use by civilian and defence end-users. CPI TMD will bring their vacuum and sub-system integration capabilities as well as a strong commercial drive from their network of potential end users, and leverage a UK supply chain built over 8 years developing quantum technologies.