Dirac Labs, a company that specializes in the development of quantum sensors for subterranean exploration to aid the discovery of rare metals, has joined the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium (WSRC) as an industry affiliate to provide navigation alternatives to enable autonomous maritime missions, the company announced recently.

“The platforms that need precise navigation the most—submarines, subsurface systems, and uncrewed vehicles operating under jamming—are exactly the ones GPS can’t serve,” Dirac Labs CEO and Co-Founder Sanket Deshpande said in a statement. “Dirac Labs was born in a UW-Madison lab, and joining WSRC connects us to the researchers, federal sponsors, and mission owners who understand that problem firsthand. It gives us a direct path to move our sensors from prototypes to the field, with Wisconsin partners alongside us.”

According to a release, WSRC connects Wisconsin’s universities, technology manufacturers and government partners to advance defense research and economic development opportunities in the state.

Dirac Labs won the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium Elevator Pitch Olympics in 2023.