The ADEQUADE Consortium gathers organisations from 8 countries (France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Poland, Latvia and Czech Republic). It consists of 9 of the main EU large defence groups, 11 academic labs, 6 Research & Technology Organisations (RTO) and industrial labs as well as 7 Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and Midcaps.
TRT is the main multidisciplinary research unit of the Thales group. It is participating in the preparation of Thales industrial future in strategic R&D fields. TRT coordinates the ADEQUADE project. Moreover, three laboratories from the Physics department are involved in the project:
• The Micro and Nano Physics Laboratory. Its activity is focused on quantum technologies for sensing and communication, photonics integrated circuits, Nano photonics, 2D and nanotube materials.
• The Wave and Signal Processing Laboratory focused on optoelectronic architectures for quantum and classical processing and
The “Unité Mixte de Physique” (UMPHY) is a joint laboratory between Thales, CNRS and University Paris Saclay. Its activity is organized in five main activities: “Spintronics and Nanomagnetism”, “HTc Superconductors and Signal Processing”, “Functional Oxides”, “Neuromorphics” and “Hybrid superconductor/ferroic systems”. Only the Thales team working on “HTc.Recherche & Technologie | Thales Group
ELT is one of the European leaders in the production of electronic defence equipment. The effort in the ADEQUADE project will focus on specification of the requirement regarding the quantum sensor (Rydberg or diamond based) considering military CONOPS. Perform the test and validation of the single sensor (diamond based) and integration and test of the complete demonstrator.
SED is a worldwide Aerospace and Defense group. SED is a high technology company and a world leader in solutions and services in navigation systems for aerial, ground, naval platforms for the civilian and defense markets. Know-how of Safran in the design of sensor but also on how to integrate it in an equipment and a complete system will be used in this context.
Indra is company that provides proprietary solutions and services in specific segments in Transport and Defence arena and in the Digital Transformation domain. The Engineering and Technology Department will be mainly involved in ADEQUADE. This department is composed by the area of System Engineering, Solutions & Products and Technology Areas. Systems design and development is implemented in this department being also responsible for the definition of the Technology and Product Strategy.
MBDA is a European developer and manufacturer of missiles and countermeasures systems. In ADEQUADE, MBDA will contribute to identify operational use cases, definition of system requirements, and technical specifications and objectives. Moreover, MBDA will detail the specifications and requirements (performance and environmental) of missile guiding.
Telespazio is one of Europe’s leaders and one of the world’s main players in satellite solutions and services. In ADEQUADE, Telespazio will be involved in the definition of scenarios and use cases for a multisensor integrated navigation and positioning including quantum sensors. New generation sensors such as cold atom-based inertial and gravimetry sensors, optical fibre inertial sensors, solid-state quantum vector magnetometers and gyroscposes and high performance atomic clocks can be integrated with GNSS to improve the positioning and navigation performance either in terms of accuracy or resilience to external perturbing factors. By starting from integration scenarios where “classical” sensors which relies on technologies such as micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) are used, new scenarios will be defined in order to highlight the advantages that can be achieved by exploiting quantum sensors with respect to other technologies.
Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG is part of the globally operating Diehl Group, a financially and legally independent family-owned company with over 16,000 employees worldwide and a turnover of more than 3 billion euros. Diehl Defence, headquartered in Überlingen, concentrates the Diehl Group’s business activities in the fields of defence and security and is a leading supplier of state-of-the-art air defence systems. As partner of the German Bundeswehr and international armed forces, Diehl Defence develops and delivers high tech equipment in the fields of ground-based air defence, guided missiles and ammunition. Innovative solutions in the fields of reconnaissance, training and protection round off the product range. Diehl Defence generates annual sales of more than 1 billion euros with around 3,500 employees.
Within ADEQUADE, Diehl Defence acts as technical area lead for the topic of quantum radio frequency (RF) sensing and in this context contributes to components, the integration and the testing of NV-center based quantum sensors. In addition, Diehl Defence contributes to, amongst others, the identification of operational use cases, the definition of system requirements, and the definition of technical specifications and objectives in the technical sub-area solid-state quantum vector magnetometers and quantum technologies for high sensitivity RF sensing. Responsibility for a Quantum Technology Roadmap to be prepared rounds off Diehl Defence’s activities in the project.
Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH (RME) delivers mission systems and simulation solutions to military, governmental and commercial customers. RME offers a comprehensive range of products and services for armed forces, law enforcement agencies and industry partners. In close cooperation with its customers, RME designs, develops and produces high-end products and integrates complex system solutions. In ADEQUADE, Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH will provide the consortium with the experience in the military field in general and also with vast experience about solutions in the military domain, contact to NATO and MoDs, military platforms and assets.
LDO is a global player in the high-tech sectors and a major operator worldwide in the aerospace, defence and security sectors.
In ADEQUADE project, the Optronics and Space Equipment (OSE) Line of Business (LoB) will contribute to the activities, which offers leading-edge capabilities in the field of Electro-Optical (EO) technologies and systems. Main Leonardo tasks in the action are development of technology in NLOS domain both from computational imaging and hardware solutions, identification of scenarios, use cases, requirements, interaction with a Military Advisory Board, demonstration and validation activities strongly linked with the identified use cases.
TNO is an independent research organisation in the Netherlands that focuses on applied science. In ADEQUADE, TNO will coordinate the activities carried out in the framework of plenoptic imaging, and in the development of the ghost imaging device. Concerning plenoptic imaging, TNO will be responsible for the experimental activities connected with CPI both with controllable thermal sources and with passive illuminations, from setup design and implementation, to characterization and optimization. Moreover, it will also contribute to the activity toward SNR optimization in both the quantum ghost imaging device, PGI, and CPI, as well as optimization of the refocusing algorithms and routines.
I.N.R.I.M. is an Italian public entity which perform and promote scientific research in the field of metrology. Frequency group at INRIM will be mainly involved in ADEQUADE in the development of a Rb optical clock based on a two-photon transition and working with a MEMS microcell.
ONERA is a central player in aeronautics and space research. As a government expert, ONERA prepares tomorrow’s defence, meets future aerospace challenges and contributes to the competitiveness of the aerospace industry.
In ADEQUADE DPHY which is the Physics Instrumentation Environment Space Department will conduct study and research, to develop technologies, to design and validate innovative instruments, including quantum and atom devices. DOTA which is the Optics and Associated Techniques Department will contribute to the project by working in the following domains: modelling of scenes and thermal optical data, design, development and qualification of high performance optical instruments, high resolution imaging, and laser systems. At last, DEMR which is the ElectroMagnetism and Radar Department will focus on radar systems as a whole.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF) is a leading science and technology centre in the field of micro and nano-structured compound semiconductors and devices made from synthetic diamond. Fraunhofer will focus on specification of experimental and theoretical evaluation of quantum and enabling technologies for high sensitivity, broadband, and real time RF sensing, growth and test of NV diamond optimised for broadband real time RF spectrum analysis and assessment of quantum technologies for RF sensing.
CNR is a public body having multi-disciplinary scientific research and technological transfer. Nowadays, the expertise of CNR-INO scientists covers a wide area of disciplines within optics and experimental physics, which more specifically include lasers, non-linear optics, quantum optics and atomic physics. In ADEQUADE, CNR will be involved in the development of the optical set-ups for development and test of quantum-enhanced optical-fibre accelerometer sensors as well as the development of NV-diamond based vector magnetometers and diamond chip technology
UNIBA is a public University committed to excellence in teaching and research. The action in ADEQUADE will be conducted by the Department of Physics which promotes research activities in the field of basic and applied physics, ranging from quantum technologies and quantum physics, to photonics, material science and nanotechnologies, theoretical physics, particle and astroparticle physics, and medical physics.
USTUTT is a leading research university. The experimental research at the 5th Institute of Physics focuses on atomic, molecular, and optical physics with the aim to engineer, control, and understand new phenomena in interacting quantum systems.
Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) is one of the largest universities. The “SPADlab” research group has worldwide leadership in Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs), both in silicon (for visible range) and InGaAs/InP (for near-infrared wavelength range), and both in custom processing and in fully CMOS standard technologies. In the project, POLIMI will contribute in the development, studies and end-user demonstrator of Quantum Ghost imaging
The department of Geodesy and Earth Observation (GEO) is part of DTU Space and has experience with gravity field observations and gravity field modelling. In ADEQUADE, DTU will therefore be involved in the development of processing methods, aid in the specification of realistic observation environment, study the performance and relevant error sources in order to assess the possible applications of the technology being developed.
Mitchell Group at ICFO – The group combines established leadership in quantum optical techniques for atomic sensors with a strong track record in microfabricated atomic sensors including MEMS implementations of SERF-regime OPMs and MEMS systems for spin-exchange instrumentation. In ADEQUADE, ICFO will develop radio-frequency sensing methods using optically-pumped magnetometers, miniaturization and integration, enhanced sensitivity using non-classical states of light and atoms, applications in non-contact detection/discrimination of materials of interest.
Sorbonne Université is a world-class research university. The Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel of Sorbonne Université is a research unit which has expertise in quantum physics, from foundations to applications. Sorbonne Université task in the project, will be related to quantum imaging. It will lead the work on passive imaging with modal decomposition, develop an experiment aimed at demonstrated parameter estimation with this technique, develop theory on ultimate sensitivity limit in the presence of quantum fluctuations.
ENS Paris-Saclay via LUMIN is a research laboratory focusing on the interaction between light and materials at different scales (atoms, materials, devices, and living systems) and its multidisciplinary applications. This laboratory’s main activity relies on a broad range of optics expertise (lasers, non-linear optics, quantum optics, and plasmonics), with application developments for designing and creating materials, micro- and nanophotonic devices, microfluidic circuits, and for studying biochemical phenomena in cells, tissues, and living organisms.
UNIPAL is a Czech public university. The core team participating in the action belongs to the Department of Optics, Science Faculty. In the project, Palacky University performs theoretical and experimental research of advanced imaging systems based on quantum technologies. Crucial contributions of Palacky University are expected in the tasks of correlation plenoptic imaging and multiparameter estimation through modal decomposition. In particular, Palacky University will be responsible for improving the performance of correlation plenoptic imaging by optimizing the plenoptic setup and detection, applying quantum tomography techniques to 3D imaging, designing optimal measurements for multi-parameter optical metrology, and developing quantuminspired super-resolution imaging based on the mode-decomposition approach.
CNRS is a government-funded research organization under the administrative authority of the French Ministry. CNRS is organized in more than 1000 laboratories, either intramural or in partnership with universities, other research organizations or industry. In ADEQUADE, the following will be involved:
LLC is an institution of academic and professional higher education and science of the Republic of Latvia, which combines and develops the country’s main study and scientific research potential in the field of natural, technical, humanities and social sciences.
In ADEQUADE, LLC has the expertise in the following fields: NV center in diamond physics and diamond property characterization, performance gauging in a quantum metrology setting, optical engineering, data acquisition, NV based imaging and vector magnetometry.
LLC’s Laser Centre is the largest laser resource in Latvia and a unique experimental infrastructure at a national and regional scale. In ADEQUADE, The Laser Centre will provide equipment including three powerful DPSS lasers(2 Coherent Verdi and 1 Lighthouse Photonics Sprout) operating at 532 nm.
Exail is a leading global provider of innovative solutions for navigation, photonics, and maritime autonomy for both civil and defense applications. In ADEQUADE, Exail will be responsible for the design, integration and experimental validation of the laser system and control electronics required for the cold atom gravimeter. It will provide support for the integration of the gravimeter and its testing.
GEM elettronica is focused on the design, production and support of innovative and cost-effective naval radar and on-board integrated systems for maritime surveillance and safety of navigation. In ADEQUADE, the focus of its activities is the optimization of the products already marketed by GEM and the demonstration/prototyping of new technologies applicable to inertial navigation and remote sensing.
SENER Aeroespacial is a part of the SENER Grupo, an engineering corporation. In the project, SENER will contribute to the design, testing and hybridisation of the sensors of on-chip cold-atom inertial sensor. In addition, it will participate in the realisation and testing of the strapdown cold atom gravimeter demonstrator by building the passive vibration isolation system.
FlySight Srl is the Defence and Security Company of Flyby Srl specialized in the development of Decision Support Systems exploiting edge technologies in the fields of Signal Processing and Big Data Analytics. In ADEQUADE, FLS will contribute to identify operational use cases, definition of system requirements, and technical specifications and objectives.
Chilas is a producer of high-end semiconductor external cavity tuneable lasers with ultra-narrow linewidth. In the project, the unique combination of ultra-narrow linewidth and continuous tunability over a wide frequency range in a compact footprint makes Chilas lasers ideal for a wide range of applications such as coherent optical communications, Lidar, optic fiber sensing, and microwave photonics. In ADEQUADE, Chilas will be mainly involved in the development of the optical system for on-chip cold atom inertial sensors, the study of optical integrated components for cold atom sensors and evaluation of optical technologies for cold atom sensors.
Supracon AG is a high technology-based SME focussing on Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) and systems. The manufacturing of HTS SQUIDs and SQIF on research purposes are important measures to participate in the ADEQUATE project. The main tasks in the project are related to SQIF and SQIF-arrays.
QuiX Quantum is a photonic hardware company who exploits the silicon nitride platform for quantum technology with as main product line the production of photonic quantum processors. In ADEQUADE, QuiX quantum will investigate the development of a magneto-optical trap, or MOT, on-chip. Using simulation and modelling QuiX quantum will study the feasibility and requirement needed to build a MOT on-chip.
