01 December 2021

DARPA tasks BAE Systems to develop quantum aperture RF technology

by Carlo Munoz

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tasked BAE Systems as one of several defence companies to conduct research and development work for the agency's ongoing quantum aperture (QA) radio frequency (RF) sensor technology.

The company's FAST Labs directorate was awarded the “multiple development contracts” in November, according to a company statement. “While still in the early development phase, quantum sensing relies on fundamentally different physics than conventional antennas. This may allow us to circumvent traditional aperture design limits for sensitivity and size,” Julia MacDonough, product line director at BAE Systems, said in the statement.

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