Sensor solutions provider Hensoldt is to work on a German Aerospace Research Center project to apply quantum computing to radar remote sensing technology.
The QUA-SAR research project aims to optimise complex radar remote sensing scenarios. Radar remote sensing uses radio waves to collect data about objects or terrain from a distance.
Hensoldt is working with the Microwaves and Radar Institute of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and German startup Tensor AI Solutions on the project.
Since conditions on the battlefield change in ever shorter cycles, time is an important factor. Radar systems of the future will be multi-platform and multi-sensor networks that must be operational in highly dynamic environments.
The best possible distribution of tasks among sensors and sensor networks is becoming a problem that cannot be solved with conventional computers. Quantum computers promise to be able to solve this challenge in the future, which would provide a decisive advantage in the area of radar resource management.
By participating in QUA-SAR, Hensoldt is complementing its ‘Quantum Sensing and Technologies’ technology field, which has existed since the beginning of 2024 and is developing its technological orientation in the field of quantum technologies.
“We are doing pioneering work in the area of software-defined defence. The digitisation and networking of sensors is at the heart of our work,” said CEO Oliver Dörre. “Quantum computing is an important future topic in this field, which we as a company must address in our research. The QUA-SAR research project as part of the DLR Quantum Computing Initiative is therefore a great opportunity to take this topic to the next level at HENSOLDT.”