Contract Awarded for Quantum Computing Research

HENSOLDT has been selected for the DLR Quantum Computing Initiative, aiming to optimize complex radar remote sensing scenarios for operation in highly dynamic environments By Abi Wylie / 17 Jan 2025

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The sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT has been awarded a contract by the DLR Quantum Computing Initiative (DLR QCI) for the QUA-SAR research project. The research project aims to optimise complex radar remote sensing scenarios. 

In the research project, HENSOLDT is working together with the Microwaves and Radar Institute of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the high-tech start-up Tensor AI Solutions GmbH. The DLR Quantum Computing Initiative is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection.

Radar remote sensing uses radio waves to collect data about objects or terrain from a distance. Since conditions on the battlefield change in ever shorter cycles, time is an important factor. 

Radar systems of the future will be multi-platform and multi-sensor networks that must be operational in highly dynamic environments. The best possible distribution of tasks among sensors and sensor networks is becoming a problem that cannot be solved in real time with conventional computers.

Quantum computers promise to be able to solve this challenge in the future, which would provide a decisive advantage in the area of radar resource management. 

By participating in QUA-SAR, HENSOLDT is complementing its ‘Quantum Sensing and Technologies’ technology field, which has existed since the beginning of 2024 and is developing HENSOLDT’s technological orientation in the field of quantum technologies.

HENSOLDT-CEO Oliver Dörre, commented, “We are doing pioneering work in the area of Software-Defined Defence. The digitisation and networking of sensors is at the heart of our work. Quantum computing is an important future topic in this field, which we as a company must address in our research. 

“The QUA-SAR research project as part of the DLR Quantum Computing Initiative is therefore a great opportunity to take this topic to the next level at HENSOLDT.”

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