Quantum Technologies in Defence: Strategic Trends and Opportunities
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About this report
Recent official strategies and programs across NATO, the EU, and allied nations demonstrate a surging focus on quantum technologies as critical enablers of future defence capabilities.
NATO’s first-ever Quantum Technologies Strategy (Jan 2024) warns that quantum breakthroughs could “revolutionise sensing; imaging; precise positioning, navigation and timing; communications; computing; modelling; simulation; and information science” , with “far-reaching implications for […] security and defence” . These technologies are dual-edged: they promise unparalleled military advantages but also pose risks if adversaries gain quantum superiority.
Key questions this report answers
- What quantum capability families (sensing and imaging for ISR, positioning/navigation/timing, communication and encryption, computing) do NATO and EU strategies prioritise?
- How do these dual-edged technologies interact to revolutionise sensing, PNT, communications and computing for defence?
- Which actors (NATO, the EU, allied nations) and strategies such as NATO's first Quantum Technologies Strategy are driving the surge, and what risks arise if adversaries gain quantum superiority?
- What are the investment implications and opportunities across the quantum-defence landscape?
Inside this report
- Introduction
- Quantum Sensing and Imaging (ISR Applications)
- Quantum Positioning, Navigation and Timing (Quantum PNT)
- Quantum Communication and Encryption
- Quantum Computing and Other Applications
- Investment Implications and Opportunities
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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