Beyond GPS: DARPA’s RoQS Program and the Race to Make Quantum Sensing Operational

Introduction: From Quantum Promise to Operational Reality The global positioning and sensing architecture that underpins modern civilization is entering a phase of systemic fragility. For decades, satellite-based systems—especially GPS—have functioned as an invisible backbone for military operations, financial networks, logistics, and autonomous systems. That era of assumed reliability is ending. Persistent jamming in active conflict…