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NASA has awarded Infleqtion a $20 million follow-on contract to advance development and testing of the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder (QGGPf).
The award brings NASA’s total investment in QGGPf to $40 million and supports development of the mission’s quantum gravity sensor hardware.
Infleqtion will develop the sensor’s atomic physics package and test an engineering development unit at a microgravity facility ahead of a planned 2030 launch.
Press release – Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ), a global leader in quantum computing and quantum sensing powered by neutral-atom technology, today announced NASA has awarded the company a $20 million follow-on contract to continue development of the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder (QGGPf), a mission led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) that is designed to fly the world’s first space-based quantum gravity sensor. The award brings NASA’s investment in the programto $40 million and advances the mission into its next phase of hardware development and testing.
