# Infleqtion says NASA awarded $20 million for quantum gravity mission work

_Published Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 9:17 AM EDT · Science · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Infleqtion said NASA awarded it a $20 million follow-on contract for the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder mission, a technology pathfinder intended to demonstrate quantum gravity sensing from space.

The company said it will design, mature and integrate the atomic-physics package, including vacuum, laser and control subsystems. The cold-atom system uses ultracold rubidium atoms and is designed to make direct gravity-gradient measurements. Infleqtion said the work is intended to reduce risk for later high-resolution quantum gravity instruments rather than represent a science-grade operational system.

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