Post by Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

Today, we're launching “Farseer,” a multi-phase initiative designed to transition mature quantum sensing and timing technologies directly to the Joint Force. Farseer seeks innovative commercial solutions to prototype and demonstrate advanced, quantum-enabled sensing and timing platforms to address warfighter needs. It is structured across four primary Lines of Effort (LoE), each focused on critical mission use cases: - Magnetometers - Gravimeters - Portable clocks, and  - Component technologies for spiral enhancements to quantum sensing and timing solutions. This project represents a fundamental shift away from the limitations of classical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensors. By harnessing the unique properties of quantum physics, this project is set to shatter the longstanding "sensitivity-SWaP" (Size, Weight, and Power) trade-off, unlocking unprecedented situational awareness for aerial, surface, and subsurface missions in the electromagnetically contested world. “The United States Department of War must accelerate deployment and commercialization of quantum sensing  to maintain superiority of knowledge of the battle space, speed of decision, and operational dominance,” said Kyle Norman, who leads DIU's quantum sensing team. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eyGiEQT3 Submit a solution here (due 10 July at 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time): https://lnkd.in/ekrfvPRe.