We have just published two new papers in the area of quantum enhanced navigation. The first paper is in The Journal of Navigation on “Improving measurement performance via fusion of classical and quantum accelerometers”. The second paper is in Navigation: Journal of the Institute of Navigation on “Probabilistic Map Matching for Robust Inertial Navigation Aiding”. These works focus on the fusion of quantum accelerometers and gravimeters in traditional inertial navigation systems (INS). Specifically, the first paper proposes a method to fuse a quantum and traditional accelerometer to remove sensor drift whilst maintaining a high dynamic range and sampling rate. The second paper tackles the problem of aiding a vehicle’s inertial navigation system in a GNSS-denied environment via gravity map matching.

These works are a multi-institute collaboration between the University of Birmingham, RMIT university, University of Melbourne and the Atom Laser Group at the Australian National University (ANU).

Copies of the papers are available here: Improving measurement performance via fusion of classical and quantum accelerometers, and here Probabilistic Map Matching for Robust Inertial Navigation Aiding.