Yet Another New Technology to Learn

 As one of the third age, I have seen so much development in my lifetime in so many areas of my life with computing, medicine, agriculture and others changing the way we live. So, it should not be a surprise that yet another major development is on its way and  we will  start hearing more and about quantum computing, quantum sensors and the like.

Quantum sensing covers motion – including acceleration, rotation and gravity – electric and magnetic fields, and imaging.. By measuring electric and magnetic fields very accurately across many frequencies. there is no need to calibrate.

Militaries and defense companies are already producing, in some cases, and close to producing in others, practical, significant defense technologies using quantum sensors.

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. cannot discuss most of its operational focuses on-record, but it can confirm that it is interested in quantum sensors for navigation in GPS-denied environments.

Quantum computing and quantum sensors can be seen as cousins in a quantum physics revolution that will be no less significant than the space race.

Rafael Quantum Technological Center Head Ran consider that quantum sensor technology could be two years or less away from being deployed by a military somewhere. But quantum computing may be five, 10 or more years away from having practical real-world applications outside of the finance sector.

“Our Quantum Center is focused on trying to develop quantum sensors and quantum technology that would enhance IDF’s abilities in defense .

Ran said that new advances in quantum sensors for submarine and other sea vessels’ navigation systems may be two years off.

An increasing number of IDF land vehicles operate using networked and artificial intelligence technologies for everything from navigation to targeting, and publicly available sources indicate that militaries using such technologies could be vulnerable to certain kinds of classical jamming without upgrading to quantum sensors.

Classical jamming technology works on classical detection technology in order to create noise, spoofing and to mimic enemy units with a large volume of false positives that results in losing the ability to locate the real targets.