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Leading Authority on Magnetic Navigation and Alternative GPS Technologies Joins Q-CTRL to Support Development of Quantum Navigation Tech
October 22, 2025
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TIME Names Q-CTRL's Ironstone Opal One of the Best Inventions of 2025
Quantum-based navigation system ensures planes and ships stay on course during GPS attacks.
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Q-CTRL holds the key to the multi-trillion-dollar quantum opportunity
McKinsey calls quantum a $2T market opportunity. Achieving this value is blocked by the divide between the quantum and classical worlds.
We build AI-powered infrastructure software to bridge this gap, delivering performance no one else can match. With this unique capability we’ve focused our business around the twin verticals of quantum computing and quantum sensing.
First and only in the world to deliver quantum advantage
Through our unique focus on AI-for-quantum we’ve achieved what no one else can, delivering the first true quantum advantage in GPS-free navigation and setting world records in quantum computer performance.
The team making quantum technology useful
Through advanced research that leads the field, and a dedicated focus on customer value through our products, we’re committed to delivering the full potential of quantum technology.
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the Opal suite
Products to help you achieve quantum advantage
Thoughtful product design to tackle the hardest problems in quantum technology.
Quantum computing
The most powerful AI-powered infrastructure software to make quantum computing useful to your organization.
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Quantum navigation
The world’s first and only quantum navigation solution, proven to outperform GPS in the toughest environments.
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Proven Excellence
Awards and recognitions
Independent recognition of our breakthroughs and leadership at the frontier of quantum technology.
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One of the Best Inventions of 2025
Workforce Development Solution of the Year 2025
Most Innovative Companies 2021
Most Innovative Startup 2023
Quantum Software 2023
Cool Vendor in Quantum Computing 2023
The most important customers trust Q-CTRL
Adopt the most advanced solutions for GPS-denied navigation
Build a quantum-ready team
Apply quantum computing to supply-chain and logistics challenges
Build a quantum-ready team
Apply quantum computing to my most challenging problems
Add automation to help scale your hardware
Integrate performance management to deliver maximum value to your customers
Design the next-generation of quantum hardware
Get the best performance from hardware to validate and improve your algorithms
Integrate the best interactivity into your quantum course
Empower your research team with advanced software for quantum control
Accelerate your hardware research
Advance the state-of-the-art in quantum algorithms
Real-world use cases
Unlocking new performance capability in quantum chemistry
Fire Opal powers 5X wider circuits and sets new benchmarks in QPE performance.
90%
reduction in gate overheads for quantum chemistry simulations and 5X wider circuit.
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We achieved a significant leap forward in accurately calculating the physical properties of materials, demonstrating a five-fold increase in achievable circuit width over previous Quantum Phase Estimation studies.
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Mitsubishi Chemical Group
Tackling a costly bottleneck in automotive design
Mazda, a global leader in automotive innovation, partnered with Q-CTRL to explore how quantum computing can transform the way vehicle frames are designed.
5X
reduction in required training data to deliver frame designs with improved performance, leveraging quantum machine learning models.
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Working with Q-CTRL gave us a chance to explore a new and fast moving area of technology in a way that was grounded in our real design challenges. The team brought a strong mix of technical expertise and practical focus, helping us understand how quantum machine learning might fit into our workflow. It was a productive and insightful collaboration.
Shimoda Wataru (霜田 航)
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Mazda Motor Corporation
Unlocking hardware-efficient quantum gates with the ‘Rosetta stone’ of code
Boulder Opal enabled precision control of trapped-ion vibrations, realizing error-correctable qubits in a compact, hardware-efficient form.
2in1
Achieved 2 error-correctable logical qubits in 1 atom, reducing hardware demand and enabling scalable, hardware-efficient quantum processing.
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Effectively, we store two error-correctable logical qubits in a single trapped ion and demonstrate entanglement between them. We did this using quantum control software developed by Q-CTRL, with a physics-based model to design quantum gates that minimise the distortion of GKP logical qubits, so they maintain the delicate structure of the GKP code while processing quantum information.
Vassili Matsos
PhD student in the School of Physics and Sydney Nano
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The University of Sydney
Preparing diverse cohorts with Black Opal for Digital Catapult’s hybrid learning Quantum Technology Programme
Helping Digital Catapult drive quantum computing adoption through education, industry partnerships, and hands-on learning with Black Opal.
4.8
out of 5 average participant rating for the program, including Black Opal, which was also credited with raising participants' confidence in their quantum computing abilities from 3.1 to 4.2 out of 5 by the end of the course.
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The easy-to-use, intuitive Black Opal tool allowed our QTAP participants to quickly get up to speed with quantum computing, ready to trial their real-life business use cases. There was also some great material for participants who were curious to learn more about advanced topics.
Daniel Goldsmith
Senior Quantum Computing Consultant
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Digital Catapult
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