The major initiative spotlights 100 professionals around the world helping to propel the field of quantum forward. Spanning academia, industry, entrepreneurship, arts, and policy, this honour highlights individuals who are driving real progress in quantum technologies today. Alexander Jantzen, Co-founder and COO of Aquark Technologies, is recognised for his leadership in commercialising quantum technologies, translating laboratory-grade performance into portable, scalable qua

Aquark has won a contract to deploy its newest miniaturised quantum system, AQlock 2, to protect UK networks against GNSS vulnerabilities. Southampton, UK, 7th November 2025 - Aquark Technologies , experts in miniaturising deployable sensing and timing technologies based on cold atoms, today announced it has been awarded a £1,409,702 contract by Innovate UK . The contract will facilitate the future deployment of Aquark’s cold atom-based atomic clock, AQlock, at a major teleco

Dr Concepcion has been awarded the prestigious Future Leaders Fellowship to continue her pioneering research in vacuum system miniaturisation, enabling the commercialisation of quantum technology. Southampton, UK, 16th September, 2025 - Aquark Technologies is proud to announce that Dr Florence Concepcion, Senior Quantum Engineer at the Company, has been awarded Innovate UK funding as part of the Future Leader Fellowship. The four-year fellowship will provide £1.9 million to s

UK quantum startup completes a second high-seas test aboard the HMS Pursuer, marking the world's first stable deployment of a cold atom-based atomic clock on a moving maritime platform Southampton, UK, 17th June 2025 - Quantum sensing specialists, Aquark Technologies , today announced the completion of a world-first trial, their second to be facilitated and endorsed by the Disruptive Capabilities and Technologies Office (DCTO) of the Royal Navy . Aquark’s atomic clock system

Preparing for initial underwater tests of Aquark's cold atom system 'AQuest' at The National Oceanography Centre (NOC). Southampton, UK, 23rd April 2025 -  Hold on to your life jackets! Aquark Technologies , a proud member of the NATO DIANA Accelerator Programme , has announced the details of its latest trial. But here’s the twist - in an unexpected collaboration, the autonomous submersible vehicle National Oceanography Centre (NOC) Autosub Long Range (ALR), affectionately kn