Virgin Orbit has signed contracts to provide up to five launches for the satellites of Arqit Quantum and gain the license to use the U.K.-headquartered company’s quantum encryption platform-as-a-service. Starting in 2023, Virgin’s LauncherOne air-launched vehicle will deliver to space two Arqit satellites that would serve as a source of randomness for data centers powering […] More

Q-CTRL, an Australia-based quantum control software company, has raised $25 million in a round of Series B financing led by Airbus Ventures. The latest financing round will enable Q-CTRL to expand its quantum control infrastructure software development initiatives and broaden its presence into quantum sensing-backed data-as-a-service markets, Airbus Ventures said Tuesday. Q-CTRL is working on […] More

Honeywell‘s quantum solutions business and Cambridge Quantum have merged into Quantinuum, after receiving regulatory approval to execute the business combination. Quantinuum will offer quantum software, hardware and research and development as a full-stack quantum computing company, Honeywell said Tuesday. The combined company will also provide customers with quantum-based applications for cybersecurity, encryption, material science, drug […] More

BAE Systems has received three new development contracts with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help enable a quantum sensing approach to augmenting U.S. military antennas. The company said Wednesday it will serve as a prime contractor on Quantum Apertures Technical Area 2 and a team member for Quantum Apertures Technical Area 1 and […] More

William McGann, chief technology officer for Leidos’ security detection and automation business, has joined Quantum Computing Inc. as a member of the board of directors. Robert Liscouski, chairman, president and CEO of QCI, said in a statement published Thursday that the company will use McGann’s knowledge and insight to support its application of quantum computing […] More

The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has expanded a public-private partnership on technologies for quantum information management with the addition of Verizon and Zurich Instruments’ U.S. business arm. Argonne said Thursday Q-NEXT is a national quantum information science research center that seeks to develop technologies for quantum information handling, storage and transmission by pushing […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has picked research teams that will work on a program aimed at developing quantum-assisted radio frequency antennas that have better sensitivity, bandwidth and dynamic range for defense applications. The agency said Honeywell, Northrop Grumman, ColdQuanta and SRI International will lead the Quantum Apertures program participants in creating portable and […] More

Aliro Quantum will support the design and operation of quantum networks through software development efforts under multiple contracts with the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation program. The company said Wednesday it will develop software that would facilitate data exchanges, resource allocation and controlled synchronization of quantum computer networks. The networks help operators run quantum computing […] More

London-based cybersecurity company Arqit has launched a consortium of public and private sector organizations from seven countries, including the U.S., in an effort to bring satellite-based quantum encryption technology to the worldwide government sector. The new alliance — which has representatives from the U.K., Canada, Japan, Austria, Belgium and Italy — centers on the Federated […] More

Northrop Grumman and U.K.-based security company Arqit have partnered to explore the potential use of quantum encryption technology in defense and national security programs. The partnership intends to initially assess government applications for Arqit’s satellite-based encryption platform and subsequently conduct technical assessments of the system across various projects, the British company said Tuesday. David Williams, […] More

IBM has added ColdQuanta to its global community through which the latter will collaborate with other member companies, research laboratories and academic institutions to study practical applications of quantum computing and to advance the said technology. ColdQuanta said Wednesday it partnered with IBM and joined its Quantum Network to collaboratively develop quantum technologies and push […] More

Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) announced on Tuesday its scientists have developed methods and demonstrated that quantum machines can learn to infer hidden data or information from broad probabilistic reasoning models. The new methods are designed to improve a wide variety of applications where complex systems are needed to account for uncertainty. 

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