# Royal Navy Tests New Cold Atom Technology for Better Navigation! ⚓️

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**Created:** [November 2, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/royal-navy-tests-new-cold-atom-technology-for-better-navigation/294937 "2024-11-02T16:20:16Z")\
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**Summary:**

1. **Successful Testing**  
The **Royal Navy** has tested **cold atom technology** on the P2000 vessel **HMS Pursuer** , which could improve covert monitoring and navigation.

2. **Collaboration with Aquark**  
The trial involved a partnership with UK company **Aquark Technologies** , focusing on a method called **supemolasses** that cools atoms without needing a magnetic field.

3. **Advantages of Cold Atoms**  
Cold atoms, cooled to nearly absolute zero, allow for precise control of their quantum properties, enhancing sensor capabilities while being smaller and more efficient.

4. **Alternative Navigation Solutions**  
Commander **Matthew Steele** stated that these technologies could provide reliable **Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)** in situations where GPS is not available.

5. **Future Development Goals**  
The Navy plans to advance quantum technologies over the next three years to maintain its operational advantage globally.

**Read more at:** [Royal Navy](https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2024/october/31/20241101-royal-navy-successfully-tests-quantum-sensing-technology)