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QMX Insights · May 2026 A passenger jet crosses the Baltic at thirty-five thousand feet. Nothing looks wrong from a window seat. But in the cockpit, the satellite navigation has just gone blank — or worse, started reporting a position that is confidently, dangerously false. The crew switches to backup procedures, and the flight lands safely. Then it happens to the next aircraft, and the next. This is no longer a rare event. Reporting over the past two years has documented ten

QMX, the UK-based quantum sensing company, has announced the establishment of its North American headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, following a strategic evaluation supported by Invest Ottawa. The company's Head of Americas, Turgut Abacioglu, will lead on-the-ground operations, together with CEO Daniel Henbest and Finance Director Julian Drake, driving investor engagement and commercial partnerships across Canada and the United States. Ottawa was selected for its deep-tech ecosy

QMX has reached a significant development milestone with its software-defined quantum magnetometer platform, advancing the technology to a field-deployable configuration suitable for pilot deployment across its target sectors. The system — capable of detecting magnetic signals at sensitivities far beyond conventional instruments — is now being prepared for first operational trials in defence and geophysical applications. The platform's software-defined architecture allows rap

Commentary by Daniel Henbest, CEO, QMX The next wave of sensing technology will not come from incremental improvements to existing instruments. It will come from physics — specifically, from the quantum behaviour of atoms that allows us to detect magnetic fields with a precision that conventional electronics cannot approach. At QMX, we have spent years engineering that precision out of the laboratory and into a platform that works in the field. The sectors that will feel this