The Pentagon's technology chief predicts the Defense Department within the next five years will produce operational systems backed by quantum timing devices, as the U.S. military looks to reduce its reliance on GPS. Mike Griffin, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, pointed to developments in the world of “very precise” quantum clocks during a Nov. 15 conference hosted by Defense One in Washington. He said the clocks will be “as much as 1,000 times more accurate” than...
