Company · London
For BAE Systems, UK quantum work is mostly about sensing and navigation for military aircraft. In May 2024 it joined Infleqtion and QinetiQ in UKRI-funded flight trials of quantum navigation aboard an RJ100 test aircraft at MoD Boscombe Down, and since 2020 it has run an Advanced Sensing Technologies Consortium with the University of Birmingham. Its Advanced Technology Centre is a partner in the QEPNT navigation hub, and the company also worked with Aegiq and the NQCC on QTA-Foil, a SparQ study of what quantum computing could do for aerofoil design.
BAE Systems Quantum is a London company working on quantum sensing, communications and qkd. It is a partner in 5 UK projects, including QCi3, QEPNT and QuSIT.
Sources: Un-jammable quantum tech takes flight (press release, May 2024) · BAE Systems and University of Birmingham partner on sensing technologies (ExecutiveGov, November 2020) · Gateway to Research: QEPNT hub (EP/Z533178/1) project partners · NQCC: QTA-Foil (Quantum and Tensor Approaches to aeroFoil design)
QCi3
The national research hub for quantum computing, led by the University of Oxford. It works on scalable and networked quantum computers.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Computing, Networks, Software and algorithms
QEPNT
A national research hub for quantum position, navigation and timing, led by the University of Glasgow. It aims to reduce reliance on satellite signals such as GPS.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Timing and navigation, Sensing, Defence and security
QuSIT
A national research hub for quantum sensing, imaging and timing, led by the University of Birmingham.
Role: Partner
Funding: £22m
Themes: Sensing, Imaging, Timing and navigation
QTA-Foil
Aegiq and BAE Systems estimated the quantum resources needed to speed up aerodynamic and hydrodynamic design.
Role: Partner
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
The phase 2 national hub for quantum sensors and clocks, led by the University of Birmingham. It ran from 2019 to 2024.
Role: Partner
Funding: £28.6m
Themes: Sensing, Timing and navigation
Recent articles from Quantum Zeitgeist that mention BAE Systems Quantum.
Research, commercial and investment relationships, by year. Partners with a profile here are linked.
Air Force Research Laboratory Research 2025
Infleqtion Commercial 2023
ORCA Computing Commercial 2023
Recorded on ORCA Computing's profile.
QinetiQ Commercial 2023
Riverlane Commercial 2023
Arqit Commercial 2022
DSTL Commercial 2021
University of Birmingham Research 2021
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Company · London · 3 shared specialisms
Company · Glasgow · 3 shared specialisms
Research organisation · Teddington · 3 shared specialisms
Start-up · Cambridge · 3 shared specialisms
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