Radar Network Kept Working After GPS Timing Was Cut

Saab, Royal Navy Demonstrate Radar Network Synchronization Without GNSS Timing - Inside GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design

Saab UK, quantum timing startup Aquark Technologies and the Royal Navy’s Disruptive Capabilities and Technologies Office (DCTO) have demonstrated that a distributed Giraffe 1X radar network can maintain a coherent air picture using quantum timing sources instead of GNSS. The trial, conducted in June 2026 across multiple UK sites with support from QinetiQ, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and the Royal Navy experimentation ves…

Radar network kept working after GPS timing was cut

Saab UK, Aquark Technologies and the Royal Navy have run a trial in which a network of military radars continued to produce a single air picture without relying on GPS for timing, using quantum clocks instead, the company stated. The trial paired Saab’s Giraffe 1X radar with Aquark’s AQlock quantum timing technology and is believed to be a world first for a distributed high-performance military radar network holding a coherent picture on indepen…

Quantum timing keeps radar coherent without GNSS

Saab has completed a UK trial in which distributed Giraffe 1X radars maintained a coherent air picture using independent quantum timing sources rather than satellite-derived timing. The demonstration brought together Saab UK, Aquark Technologies, the Royal Navy’s Disruptive Capabilities and Technologies Office, and QinetiQ. Multiple Giraffe 1X radars operated at separate locations while Aquark’s AQlock systems provided independent timing referen…

Saab, Aquark Technologies, and Royal Navy Complete World-First Quantum Timing Radar Trial

Saab UK, quantum timing startup Aquark Technologies, and the Royal Navy’s Disruptive Capabilities and Technologies Office (DCTO) have successfully completed a defense field trial integrating cold-atom quantum clocks with operational military radar networks. Conducted in June 2026 across multiple sites in the UK—with participation from QinetiQ, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), and the [...] The post Saab, Aquark Technologies,…

Aquark Links Radars With Quantum Timing For Clearer Picture

Aquark augmented networked radars with quantum timing in a June 2026 trial, maintaining a coherent picture independent of GNSS.