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This announcement marks the third cohort of Digital Catapult's Quantum Technology Access Programme, focusing on translating quantum computing from theoretical research into practical industrial applications across finance, healthcare, logistics, and defense. By partnering with entities like NatWest for fraud detection and health networks for rare disease modeling, this initiative highlights a critical shift toward validating sovereign capabilities in specific high-value sectors rather than pursuing generic hardware improvements.
Digital Catapult Welcomes New Cohort to Explore Industrial Quantum Applications

Insider Brief Press release – Digital Catapult has today welcomed eleven leading organisations to the third cohort of its Quantum Technology Access Programme (QTAP), delivered in collaboration with the National Quantum Computing Centre’s (NQCC) SparQ programme. Designed to accelerate the practical application of quantum innovation in industry, the cohort includes NatWest, the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), and […]
Digital Catapult welcomed 11 organisations to the third cohort of its Quantum Technology Access Programme (QTAP) to explore practical quantum computing applications across industries. The programme, delivered with the National Quantum Computing Centre’s SparQ initiative, will test quantum use cases in areas including finance, healthcare, defence, logistics, and transport. Participants including NatWest, RSSB, and Health Innovation North West Coast will investigate quantum solutions for challenges such as fraud detection, optimisation, and medical…
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