Quantum Computing Inc. announced that the company has been awarded a fifth project by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop quantum remote sensing technology that would significantly reduce the cost of space LIDAR imaging and advance understanding scientist of the mechanisms of climate change. This is a continuation of a long-standing strategic partnership between NASA and QCi to create a radically different approach to LiDAR technology for atmospheric remote sensing measurements. The proposed approach, which is currently being developed by QCi, would significantly reduce the cost of LIDAR missions, allowing NASA to undertake more frequent flights to better understand the causes of climate change.
The recently awarded contract is an important step in evaluating the viability of QCi’s technology. The new contract also marks a crucial milestone in the deployment of the company’s remote sensing technology on LIDAR flights and establishes the applicability of its quantum technology in various fields, such as civil and military surveillance. The announced contract builds on QCi’s work helping NASA denoise sunlight in satellite LiDAR images using the company’s latest quantum optimization machine, the Dirac-3, to simulate the noise background and transform the denoising problem into an optimization problem.
Swiss
