Dirac Labs joins Wisconsin Security Research Consortium

Madison, 15 October 2026. Dirac Labs, a Madison-based quantum-enabled navigation company, announced that it has joined the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium (WSRC) as an industry affiliate, providing resilient navigation alternatives to enable autonomous maritime missions.

WSRC, led by the Wisconsin Technology Council, connects Wisconsin's universities, technology manufacturers and government partners to advance defense research and economic development opportunities in the state. Dirac Labs' affiliation builds on the Autonomous Heartland effort to position Wisconsin, with its shipyards, airspace, industrial base, workforce, and research anchors, at the center of America's autonomous and maritime future.

Dirac Labs is building a quantum universal positioning system designed to work underwater, underground and in environments where GPS is contested. The company's diamond-based sensors measure Earth's magnetic field with extreme precision, and its AI models perform real-time signal processing to turn those magnetic measurements into a position unaffected by drift.

"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," said Sanket Deshpande, co-founder and CEO of Dirac Labs.

The platform is built to connect through existing GPS ports on aircraft, submarines, and other vehicles. Dirac Labs is also designing its sensors to be produced using existing semiconductor foundry infrastructure.

Source: The Quantum Insider