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QFX wins GBP 6.8 million Innovate UK contract for quantum timing hardware

Oxford spinout QFX won a GBP 6.8 million Innovate UK follow-on contract, SrROCK Phase II, to engineer a compact strontium optical clock. The hardware targets precision timing for data centres and future space use.

Verified AI-drafted QFX press release, 14 October 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish whether the clock reaches spaceflight qualification or wider deployment.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Funded R&D contract for prototype clock; no deployment yet, no question moves. European Sovereignty Index

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