IonQ announced its intent to acquire Vector Atomic and completed the Oxford Ionics acquisition on September 17, 2025. These moves enhance IonQ’s quantum technology portfolio, integrating sensing, computing, and networking. Vector Atomic adds PNT expertise, while Oxford Ionics boosts scalable quantum systems. The deals solidify IonQ’s leadership in the quantum industry.
The Trump administration emphasizes quantum sensing to strengthen U.S. national security and economic competitiveness. These sensors offer precise navigation and timing, addressing GPS vulnerabilities. Federal initiatives could deploy them within three years, but underinvestment and fragile supply chains threaten progress. Strategic action is needed to maintain America’s quantum edge. Timely investments will ensure leadership in the quantum era.
Infleqtion, a leader in neutral atom quantum technology, is merging with Churchill Capital Corp X to advance quantum computing and precision sensing. The $1.8B deal, announced on September 8, 2025, will fund expanded applications in AI, national security, and space. With $29M in revenue and a $300M+ customer pipeline, Infleqtion is poised for growth.
Researchers at Okayama University have developed nanodiamonds with nitrogen-vacancy centers, providing strong fluorescence and long-lasting spin properties. These nanodiamonds require less energy and preserve quantum states for extended periods, demonstrating heightened performance for magnetic field and temperature detection. They may enable new methods in disease monitoring, battery assessments, and thermal management in electronics.
The roadmap serves as a guide for research and development in quantum interconnects, devices that link and distribute quantum information between systems and across distances to enable quantum computing, communications and sensing.
[T]eam at Sandia National Laboratories envisions quantum inertial sensors as revolutionary, onboard navigational aids.
[A] team of scientists reported a diamond quantum sensor-based detection technique that can estimate the battery charge within 1% accuracy while measuring high currents typical of EVs.
Q-CTRL is delivering a globally unique take on quantum sensing, developing a new generation of ultrasensitive “software-defined” quantum sensors for use in measuring gravity, motion and magnetic fields.
New document from McKinsey & Company provides overview of global quantum technology ecosystem aiming at bi-annual issuance.
A Bristol-led team of physicists has found a way to operate mass manufacturable photonic sensors at the quantum limit. This breakthrough paves the way for practical applications such as monitoring greenhouse gases and cancer detection.
