NASA Awards Infleqtion $20M Contract for Quantum Gravity Sensor

Insider Brief

• 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.

“This follow-on award reflects the progress our team has made and marks an important step toward the mission’s next phase,” said Matt Kinsella, Chief Executive Officer of Infleqtion. “The path from quantum science to a system that can fly in space takes years of engineering, testing, and collaboration. Every milestone brings quantum sensing closer to enabling entirely new ways to observe our planet from orbit.”