<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/9CB50FEF-DDB4-4B67-B9CF-8470D5492452" ns1:id="9CB50FEF-DDB4-4B67-B9CF-8470D5492452"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/76E29DA0-A973-4A05-922C-FDA7631ED690" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/E766AA8C-4382-4763-9877-D0F61285A06A" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/369B42F1-C9E3-48D8-A7AD-710DE4A72BC7" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/E766AA8C-4382-4763-9877-D0F61285A06A" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/43B51A7D-9345-42E9-A90F-DEA3D352088D" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2027-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/132F5613-36DD-41DB-9932-FFDBB6BD75BA" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2025-03-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10143515</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Stable Portable Atomic clock for Reliable Timing And Navigation (SPARTAN)</ns2:title><ns2:status>Active</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>SPARTAN will develop a novel, low-cost frequency comb with an entirely UK-based supply chain for direct exploitation in optical atomic clock products for quantum-enhanced PNT. Broader applications are LIDAR and spectroscopy, including ultrafast and dual-comb techniques for UK defence and security. SPARTAN unites a consortium of UK companies and a not-for-profit RTO, leading in frequency comb and optical clock technologies, custom control systems, and packaging for an innovative approach to commercialising this technology and developing competitive PNT products with a UK supply chain.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>