“Made in China 2025” is China’s initiative to rein as world leader in technology — from telecommunications to artificial intelligence coupled with robots to quantum computing. A key accomplishment has been the over $10B put into their civilian-military quantum computing complex; this is aside from corporate mega-giants Huawei and Alibaba’s ‘commercial’ efforts.
Canada’s Department of National Defence’s All Domain Situational Awareness S&T program is putting up a substantial financial investment to develop a stealth aircraft detecting radar using quantum physics. The anti-stealth quantum radar will alert of the approach of a stealth aircraft without giving the aircraft notice it has been detected. It is hoped the cutting edge system will help fill the coming radar station gap along Canada’s northern border expected circa 2025.
Go back two years to September, 2016, and China’s Electronics Technology Group Corporation’s 14th Institute announced completion of a quantum radar, albeit with a short range of 60 miles (100 km). A microwave beam is used to entangle photons with an optical “idler beam”. The microwave beam is sent from the radar, strikes the stealth target, and returns to the radar site. At the site, the microwave photons are compared with the idler beam photons. Hence, not using radio waves which stealth aircraft are designed to thwart, the photons are capable of providing the position of the stealth aircraft. From this, direction, speed, and other data may be gleaned. It is surmised the radar may be part of the sensor-suite to be carried aboard China’s sub-space airship, Yuanmeng (see image).
The U.S. DOD is providing funding to quantum through Army and Navy research laboratories as Qubit shows (see More $ to VT for QIS on this page). But is this government department taking charge? A reasonable synopsis and a quick read of U.S. Government quantum efforts.
China’s Quantum Ambitions (…and AI, too) China and the U.S. are undoubtedly two competitors in every facet. This piece presents a discussion whereby the U.S.
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$175 Million, U.S. Army Commercial companies are soaking up cash from U.S. military contracts. This one nets $175,000,000 for research and development work through 2025.
Australia’s Next Generation Technologies Fund: Calling for Quantum Proposals The Australian Department of Defence has designated quantum technologies as a priority. Funded by the Aussie
Quantum Computing and Lawyers…Encryption, cryptography, blockchain, securities, the military, etc. Though very basic, here’s a brief discussion that shows lawyers are in view of the
Taking Stealth out of the Sky thru Quantum Radar…Sounds like Batman has a case to solve, or not. China is aiming its radar at the
