The UK Space Agency (UKSA) and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) have published a roadmap that defines a quantum technologies strategy for space applications and identifies four main investment themes: secure time synchronisation, resilient sensing, sovereign communications, and long-term computing. The roadmap aligns the UK's £2.5 billion ten-year National Quantum Strategy with space applications, aiming to transform laboratory prototypes into radiation-hardened, flight-qualified space systems.
UK Space Agency and DSIT Release Space Quantum Technologies Roadmap Targeting 2035–2040
The UK will focus on four strategic investment themes during 2035–2040 to ensure sovereignty of space-based quantum systems.