Infleqtion runs Tiqker optical atomic clock aboard RV Merlin in Navy exercise
Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ) operated its Tiqker optical atomic clock continuously for more than two weeks aboard the U.S. Navy support vessel RV Merlin in the Southern California operating area. The demonstration took place during Maritime Big Play Pacific, sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research & Engineering, with participation from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and AUKUS partners from Australia and the UK. It also supported BARB-26, a Navy exercise on subsea and seabed warfare capabilities. Infleqtion says Tiqker operated through large temperature swings and sustained vibration, and that it builds on a 2025 deployment aboard the Royal Navy's XV Excalibur uncrewed submarine testbed and 2024 UK flight trials aboard QinetiQ's RJ100.