QCI and VIPC Partner to Use Quantum for Determining Optimal Flight Trajectories for Unmanned Aerial

Calculating an optimal flight trajectory for a UAV turns out to be a complex optimization problem. But Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) and the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) will be working on this problem to see if a quantum approach can provide a valuable solution. Their plan is to take sensor, airspace information of other aircraft, desired destinations for the craft, and micro-weather data collected by the Virginia Flight Information Exchange (VA-FIX) in order to calculate the optimal time, speed, cost, and route for the UAV to reach its destinations. The project will be using QCI’s Entropy Quantum Computing (EQC) photonics-based quantum processor along with their Qatalyst optimization software for this project. Additional information about this project is available in a news release provided by QCI that is available here.