EspritdeKzhrot’s diary

Pick up the interesting topics of naval security from the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Navy trend reports and so on. Also, I will make a note and follow on my ideas.

To Enable Quantum Shift in Spectrum Sensing

米海軍関係

最近、話題に上ることの多いQuantum Shift 、
将来技術ではあるものの、現実的な実現性が見えて来たのか、ちょっとキニナル話題なのでメモしておきます。

 

https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2021-08-04

 

DARPA Selects Research Teams to Enable Quantum Shift in Spectrum Sensing
Program aims to bring quantum techniques to radio frequency sensing to enable new levels of sensitivity, agility for defense applications

DARPA today announced the research teams selected for the Quantum Apertures (QA) program, which seeks to develop a fundamentally new way of receiving radio frequency (RF) waveforms to improve both sensitivity and frequency agility for defense applications. The selected teams will be led by Honeywell, Northrop Grumman, ColdQuanta, and SRI International.

The QA program aims to develop RF antennas, or apertures, that use quantum techniques to alter the way the RF spectrum is accessed. The goal is to develop portable and directional RF receivers with significantly greater sensitivity, bandwidth, and dynamic range than any classical receiver available today.