DOD Unveils $350 Million Investment in Quantum Computing Capabilities
DARPA will back workshops, benchmarking and four companies as the Pentagon seeks mission uses and a stronger domestic quantum industrial base.
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DOD unveils $350 million investment in quantum computing capabilities
The Pentagon announced today it is devoting more attention across the defense innovation ecosystem to quantum computing, starting with $350 million worth of investments in development, manufacturing and prototyping capabilities. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency yesterday named four additional organizations that will move to the final stage of its initiative aimed at determining whether any quantum computing approach can reach a poin…
DoD announces $350 million in quantum computing initiatives
The initiatives announced by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering include approximately $200 million in new funding associated with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) and an approximately $150 million conditional loan commitment from the DoD's Office of Strategic Capital to quantum-computing developer PsiQuantum.
The US Department of Defense will allocate $ 350 million to initiatives in the field of quantum computing for national security purposes. Banker.az reports, citing the official statement of the ministry, that the funds will be directed to scientific research and experimental-design work. The main goal of the program is to accelerate the practical use of quantum computing in specific defense and security tasks. The US Department of Defense focuse…
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