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Q-CTRL

AI-powered quantum infrastructure and sensing software provider

q-ctrl.com

Headquarters: CHIPPENDALE, Australia
Founded year: 2017
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 200–220
Industry: Software

Last updated August 27

Latest news about Q-CTRL

In short: Q-CTRL demonstrated practical quantum advantage and GPS-free quantum navigation in sea and air trials.

Company announcements

May 15 Q-CTRL

Q-CTRL achieved Practical Quantum Advantage milestone

Using its software on an IBM Quantum computer, it solved a materials problem 3,000x faster than classical software.

May 6 Q-CTRL

Q-CTRL achieves practical quantum advantage

Their software delivers 3,000 times speedup in materials simulation on IBM quantum hardware, outperforming classical alternatives.

December 1, 2025 Q-CTRL

Q-CTRL achieves first commercial quantum advantage in GPS-denied navigation

Sensors outperform classical alternatives by over 100X. Software drives computing integrations, partnerships, and over $50M sales. Team expands to nearly 200 staff.

September 5, 2025 Q-CTRL

Q-CTRL wins defense contracts for quantum navigation

Selected with Lockheed Martin for DARPA RoQS and DIU Transition programs, Q-CTRL is delivering Ironstone Opal, a quantum-assured, GPS-resilient navigation solution for mission-critical operations.

Media coverage

August 27 Defense Daily

Q-CTRL Demonstrates GPS-Free Navigation At Sea

Australia's Q-CTRL on Thursday said its gravity sensing technology was used to navigate a maritime vessel without GPS in the Coral Sea, marking a first...

July 14 The Oklahoman

Q-CTRL to Show World's First Airworthiness-Qualified Quantum Navigation GPS-Backup at Farnborough International Airshow

Ironstone Opal's accelerated development to safety-of-flight qualification signifies that quantum navigation is ready...

May 31 MSN

Q-CTRL and IBM just cracked a 120-qubit material simulation 3,000 times faster — the first hard proof a real quantum machine beats today's supercomputers on a useful problem

A quantum processor just did in minutes what a supercomputer needs hours to grind through, and for the first time, the problem it solved actually...

May 18 Innovation Aus

Quantum sensing innovators win $7.2m in ASCA contracts

Three local quantum sensing innovators have been tapped by Defence's advanced technology incubator to develop prototype undersea navigation solutions for warfighters traversing GPS-denied environments.

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