TECH FOCUS: QUANTUM COMPUTiNg Typical image of a modern quantum computer similar to the D-Wave and iBM quantum computers. getting an " EDgE " on the competition ABOUT THE AUTHORS Rhonda D. Walthall (left) of Collins Aerospace and Sunil Dixit, Ph.D., right, of Northrop grumman Space Systems. 12 August 2022 In the introduction to their SAE EDGE Research Report, Impact of Quantum Computing in Aerospace, the authors write: " We have all imagined-at some point in our lives and in some way or another-traversing the macroscopic realm into that of the microscopic and wondering what this universe may look like as we dissect smaller and smaller pieces of space and particles. With our current understanding, we find that this microscopic universe is filled with mysteries and paradoxes that not only provide UPDATE SHUTTERSTOCK.COMhttps://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/epr2022014/