The White House is drastically shortening the deadline for government agencies and organizations to adopt new quantum-resistant encryption systems that will withstand attacks that use quantum computers, as the federal government seeks to protect decades’ worth of secrets belonging to militaries, banks, governments, and most individuals on Earth. The executive order, titled Securing the Nation against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks, requires computing systems for “high-value assets” and “high-impact systems” to transition to post-quantum cryptographic key establishment schemes by December 31, 2030, and to quantum-safe digital signature schemes by December 31, 2031. Heading off a significant threat The new deadline, which for many organizations is about five years sooner than the previous one, comes on the heels of recent research showing that the resources and cost for building a cryptographically relevant quantum computer are far less than previous consensus estimates. In response, Google, Cloudflare, and other companies recently tightened their timelines for moving off vulnerable systems to 2029. “The advent of large-scale quantum computers, particularly in the hands of adversaries, will pose a significant threat to widely used cryptographic security systems,” Monday’s executive order stated. “Ongoing cyber activity against our Nation also presents the risk of adversaries collecting United States information now, and decrypting it later once large-scale quantum computers are operational.” Under a timeline the National Security Agency published in 2022, “National Security Systems”—a class including only defense and intelligence systems under the authority of the agency—were under orders to be quantum-ready between 2030 and 2033. Most other organizations had until 2035 to complete the transition. Now, many of them will be required to transition much sooner. “So, for any system that falls into this new bucket of high-value assets and high-impact systems, their transition timelines just got shortened by 4-5 years (from 2035 to 2030/2031),” Brian LaMacchia, a cryptography engineer
Jun 23, 2026 · via arstechnica.com
Canadian quantum hardware company Qubic has closed an oversubscribed seed financing round totaling $2.5 million USD ($3.5 million CAD). The investment was led by deep-tech venture firm Two Small Fish Ventures, with participation from UC Investments, Quantacet, and UCeed. A spin-off of both the Institut Quantique and the Institute for Quantum Computing, the company will deploy the capital to accelerate the development of its microwave component portfolio, expand manufacturing throughput, and bring a specialized radio-frequency (RF) quantum sensing platform to market. Qubic’s core technology addresses a primary hardware bottleneck preventing superconducting quantum computers from scaling up: the thermal and power restrictions of dilution refrigerators. Traditional quantum processors rely on standard semiconductor-based low-noise amplifiers within their cryogenic chambers, which generate substantial heat dissipation and can consume up to half the tight thermal budget of a sub-Kelvin refrigerator. Qubic bypasses this obstacle by engineering Kinetic Inductance Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers (KI-TWPAs) that derive their non-linear inductance directly from the superconducting material of the transmission line itself, rather than fragile Josephson junctions. This structural shift yields a robust device capable of boosting microwave readout signals right at the quantum limit while cutting heat dissipation to under 0.1 mW per device. The seed funding coincides with immediate commercial momentum for Qubic’s signal processing devices, following its first commercial hardware sale to quantum control stack developer Quantum Machines. The two firms are actively studying integration pathways to build Qubic’s ultra-low-noise KI-TWPAs directly into hybrid control systems to optimize multiplexed qubit readouts and minimize cryogenic thermal burdens. Beyond the quantum computing sector, the capital will fund a three-fold expansion of Qubic’s engineering team to accelerate its dual-use defense and aerospace roadmap, utilizing its low-noise amplification core to build advanced remote sensing and stealth communication platforms for threat detection and covert operations. The comprehensive financing terms, corporate
Jun 23, 2026 · via quantumcomputingreport.com
The moment enterprise security architecture fundamentally changes will not occur from a single catastrophic breach. It won’t be that simple, but it will happen soon. Agentic A.I. is making autonomous decisions within enterprise systems, while quantum computing is approaching a horizon at which it could undermine the cryptographic foundations that have traditionally secured digital trust. The quantum computing market is expected to grow from over $3.5 billion in 2025 to $20.2 billion by 2030, while the market for agentic A.I. is projected to reach $52.6 billion over the same period. These are parallel trends, but their speed of advancement and their converging paths create a risk environment that no enterprise is truly prepared for. Organizations that are still focused on protecting networks, devices and users from traditional external threats must prepare for this increasingly complex reality. Now, it is governance over autonomous actors within the walls of current systems, and the new doors they unwittingly open to external threats, that represent the shift needed to create a strategic advantage. Attacks from inside the infrastructure Traditional security models were built for systems with relatively few points of attack and for systems that followed instructions. But with agentic A.I., threats now originate across an exponentially larger threat surface from systems capable of autonomously taking actions, making decisions and interacting with data. To compound this, in the current wave of agentic adoption, individuals have granted agents access to all kinds of data, including sensitive data, often bypassing traditional enterprise controls. Many of these agents are connected to external systems whose security vulnerabilities may not be fully vetted either. Add all of this together, and we have a concoction that completely upends risk assessment. As fast as tech innovation moves these days, cyber-attacks appear to be moving even faster. Hackers and other bad actors
Jun 23, 2026 · via observer.com
Energy unveils plan to create scientifically-relevant quantum computer The Energy Department aims to bring a fault-tolerant quantum computer to life via the new Quantum Genesis mission, with a focus on benefitting scientific research. Following the signing of two landmark executive orders by President Donald Trump on Monday, the Energy Department unveiled a new mission focused on delivering a fault-tolerant quantum computer for scientific research. The Quantum Genesis mission, announced on Tuesday, seeks to deploy the first cryptographically-relevant quantum computer to support U.S. leadership in both the quantum technology and scientific research landscapes. While quantum computing efforts have received major attention in the public and private sectors in recent years, bringing a truly viable quantum computer to operational capability is extremely difficult and requires a combination of robust hardware and software that can handle its specific type of processing units — known as qubits — to generate meaningful outputs. Through Quantum Genesis, the government is hoping to beat adversarial nations in the race to develop and deploy a quantum computer that can handle advanced calculations and data processing through new research resources. “Scientific discovery is one of the most powerful drivers of human flourishing, and quantum computing has the potential to dramatically accelerate that discovery,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in a statement. “Through Quantum Genesis, we are bringing together America’s National Laboratories, universities, and private sector innovators to develop and deploy the world’s first scientifically relevant fault-tolerant quantum computing capability. America led the last computing revolution, and we intend to lead the quantum age as well.” To reach a level of basic functionality, quantum computers will need robust error correction methods to accurately process data. The Genesis Mission is looking to develop strong logical qubits, or groupings of error-corrected physical qubits, to bring its computer to life. Alongside the announcement,
Jun 23, 2026 · via nextgov.com
Shares of quantum computing companies were a rare bright spot amid a tumultuous market Tuesday, surging after President Trump signed two executive orders aimed at maintaining U.S. dominance in the emerging technology. While the broader market slumped Tuesday, with investor jitters on AI and tech pushing the tech-heavy Nasdaq down 2.2% and the S&P 500 down more than 1.4%, quantum computing companies saw their shares surge as of market close Tuesday. Quantinuum, formed in 2021 through a merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum, led the pack, with its shares up more than 13% at market close. Another two pure-play quantum companies, Infleqtion and D-Wave, saw their shares close up 12% and 2%, respectively. Meanwhile, IBM, which operates the largest fleet of high-powered quantum systems, gained by 5%. JPMorgan analyst Brian Essex also upgraded IBM to overweight from neutral, partly because of its potential to benefit from increased interest in AI and quantum computing, helping boost the stock Tuesday. Joined at the White House by leaders of quantum-computing-linked companies on Monday, Trump signed two orders that impose hard deadlines for both creating a “scientifically relevant” quantum computer and for government agencies to adopt post-quantum cryptography for sensitive data. Quantum computing, Trump said at the White House Monday, is of “enormous significance for our country’s economic growth, scientific research, and cybersecurity.” The orders gave a jolt to a sector that has long promised transformational breakthroughs but has struggled at times to convince investors that a commercial payoff is near. While classical supercomputers use binary code (1s and 0s) to run calculations sequentially, quantum computers rely on qubits, tiny units that can represent both 1 and 0 simultaneously through a property called superposition. Quantum computers can run calculations in parallel, making them exponentially faster for certain problems. At the same time,
Jun 23, 2026 · via fortune.com
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Jun 23, 2026 · via youtube.com
White House Releases Executive Orders on Quantum Computing The orders direct federal agencies to prepare to defend against cryptographic attacks and contribute to U.S. quantum computing innovation. On June 22, the White House released two executive orders titled “Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks” and “Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation.” Both orders address the development of quantum computing, which utilizes the unique physics properties of quantum mechanics to compute data at an enormous scale, making them far faster than standard computers. Though the quantum computers that exist today are still in development, a breakthrough could come soon. The “Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks” order seeks to initiate measures to protect sensitive U.S. data from cryptographic attacks powered by quantum computing. Because quantum computers can calculate at a far greater scale than standard computers, they can break encryption much faster than ever before. To defend against this threat, the order requires that U.S. government systems transition to “National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-approved Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) for Post-Quantum Cryptography.” The NIST FIPS were first approved in 2024, but have not yet been widely adopted. The order “Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation,” on the other hand, instructs the executive branch to implement policies that better position the U.S. to lead the quantum computing breakthrough. The executive order’s stated purpose is to “take a cohesive, whole-of-government approach to accelerate deployment and commercialization of quantum computing, sensing, and networking.” It continues: We must act to solidify the Nation’s position as the world’s QIST [Quantum information science and technology] superpower and deliver the commercial and research benefits of quantum innovation to the American people. Equally important, we must protect sensitive technologies and work with allies to ensure adversaries cannot use QIST to undermine
Jun 23, 2026 · via lawfaremedia.org
Trump’s Orders Intended to Advance US Quantum Computing Industry WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Monday intended to accelerate development of the U.S. quantum computing industry. Trump and his supporters describe quantum computers as essential to future scientific discovery, economic growth and national defense. “We’re going to be leading the world in quantum computing,” Trump said at the White House signing ceremony. Quantum computers carry the potential for creating new drugs, artificial intelligence innovations, industrial materials and telecommunications network improvements. They use superconductors, charged atoms and photons to complete calculations and information compilation much faster than other computers, bypassing the need for years of expensive research. They also are prompting warnings from artificial intelligence industry executives. They say the technology is potentially more sophisticated than the people regulating the industry, possibly leading to security lapses. A Government Accountability Office report this year said the federal government’s quantum strategy lacks clear planning, thereby creating a risk that governance could fall behind the technology. Potential abuses without proper oversight could include development of new biological hazards, high-tech automated weapons or methods of tapping into encrypted computer networks without the owners’ knowledge, according to the GAO, the United Nations’ Institute for Disarmament Research and other government organizations. Trump administration officials say the orders were driven partly by growing concern that nations such as China are investing heavily in quantum technologies that could eventually provide military and economic advantages compared with the United States. One of Trump’s executive orders directs the Energy Department and other federal agencies to cooperate with private industry and academia to deploy the computers throughout the federal government. The order sets a target date of 2031, or about half the time government officials anticipated. It sets another target date of 2028 to build and use quantum computers
Jun 23, 2026 · via thewellnews.com
Barcelona-based quantum developer Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech has released QiliSDK 0.2.0, an open-source Python framework designed to bridge the structural divide between digital gate-based programming and analog Hamiltonian time evolution. Most quantum software development kits restrict developers to a single physical computing paradigm—either compiling standard quantum circuit logic or managing continuous analogue energy schedules. QiliSDK 0.2.0 establishes a single unified, backend-agnostic API. This abstraction tier enables researchers to write a single high-level codebase and toggle execution between local CPUs, accelerated GPUs, or real digital and analog Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) by modifying a single line of configuration code. Three-Tier Architecture and Native Multi-Paradigm Abstractions The framework is organized into three distinct operational layers: Primitives, Functionals, and Backends. The Primitives layer provides a foundational toolkit containing pre-built variational ansatz blocks for digital circuits, alongside continuous time-evolution schedule modules for analog systems. These modules feed into a core quantum-tensor type—now optimized as a native C++ module named QTensor—that handles high-speed state preparations, observables, and partial traces. The Functionals layer uses a standardized backend.execute(functional) method to normalize diverse routines like variational loops or analog annealing runs. This unified interface interfaces directly with the Backends layer, which maps computational tasks across classical emulators like QuTiP, NVIDIA graphics processors, or Qilimanjaro’s cloud-linked and on-premise physical quantum computers. GPU Acceleration via NVIDIA CUDA-Q Integration To support large-scale quantum emulation before dispatching code to physical QPUs, Qilimanjaro has integrated NVIDIA CUDA-Q directly into the framework via the CudaBackend class. The upgrade allows users to leverage the parallel processing power of graphics cards to track expanding quantum states, which grow exponentially with qubit count and quickly exhaust standard CPU memory limits above 25 qubits. The CUDA-Q wrapper automatically configures multi-GPU pooled execution and handles advanced multi-node tensor-network contractions. For analog operations, the backend translates time-dependent schedules into optimized operators,
Jun 23, 2026 · via quantumcomputingreport.com
Let it never be said that he makes small swings. President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders today to drive research in the quantum computing industry, with the purported aim of accelerating scientific research and safeguarding the country against cybersecurity threats that advances in the tech could pose. Quantum computing, moreover, is expected to dovetail with advances in AI, and in geopolitical terms could become a key battleground in the technological race between the US and China, which has similarly made the field a national priority. Investment in the tech, it’s worth noting, could also personally benefit Trump’s family. “We are going to be investing in American quantum leadership like never before,” Trump declared at a signing ceremony at the Oval Office. Per the Wall Street Journal, the first executive order directs federal agencies to work with the private sector and academics to build a powerful quantum computer capable of conducting scientific research by 2028. Such a feat would prove that quantum machines have practical applications; so far, experiments have demonstrated that quantum computers can solve complex equations, but they’ve generally had little real world use. If quantum computers live up to their potential, they’ll develop the ability to solve problems that classical computers can’t, and at a faster rate. Rather than using traditional bits representing 0s and 1s, quantum computers use q-bits that can be in both states at once, allowing them to store more information. These q-bit can also be “entangled” with each other and share the same state, so that when one of the q-bit’s states changes the other one immediately changes too, dramatically speeding up calculations. This has spooky implications in our information age. A quantum computer could effortlessly unravel our current encryption algorithms, for instance, causing what experts fear could be a veritable
Jun 23, 2026 · via futurism.com
President Donald Trump announced a pair of executive orders investing in quantum computing Monday, moving forward an unprecedented partnership between government and industry while simultaneously moving to secure the U.S. from cryptographic threats. The first executive order, titled "Ushering In The Next Frontier Of Quantum Innovation," outlined a strategy to update the National Quantum Strategy by "promoting commercialization and deployment of" quantum technologies and partnering with industry leaders. To drive that point, Trump signed the order in the Oval Office alongside executives from technology companies with vested quantum interests, including IBM and Google parent company Alphabet. Furthermore, the directive mandates administration officials from the Departments of Energy and War, the director of national intelligence (DNI) and the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) "a summary of steps taken to align their processes, policies, and programs with" the National Quantum Strategy. DETAILS OF TRUMP'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AI PLAN REVEALED BY WHITE HOUSE AHEAD OF MAJOR SPEECH It also kickstarts a national effort to develop a working quantum computer to be delivered to the Department of Energy for use and, "to the extent possible, make it available to the scientific community." Furthermore, Trump's order directed NASA and other agencies to probe the development of quantum-enabled sensors, a technology that, if successfully adopted, could have significant military and defense applications. Quantum computers can perform exponentially greater amounts of calculations at one time when compared to even the most advanced modern supercomputers today. This application makes them a potential threat to cryptographically secure information involving global finances, state secrets and digital communications. PROTECTING AMERICANS’ DATA FROM CHINA IS CENTRAL TO AN AMERICA FIRST AGENDA This fact underscores the second executive order Trump signed Monday, "Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks." This order
Jun 23, 2026 · via foxnews.com
"Innovation and security have to be balanced," National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said during the White House signing ceremony on Monday. As expected, the orders address different aspects of the burgeoning quantum information sciences and technology landscape. One, "Ushering In The Next Frontier Of Quantum Innovation," launches "a national effort" to create a quantum computer that can perform basic operations and improve quantum sensors. It directs the creation of a "Quantum Computer for Application Development and Discovery Science Effort" at in a Department of Energy facility, while other provisions support quantum computing supply chains, foster workforce development, and explore private sector and international partnerships. The order also expands the Quantum Information Science and Technology Counterintelligence Protection Team to study threats to domestic quantum-computing efforts. The other order, Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks," pushes the government to move to cryptographic standards that can withstand quantum computers. It puts several agencies in charge of the effort, including the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency, and the National Security Agency. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has helmed the effort to identify and test new encryption algorithms. The order sets a deadline of 2030 to update key elements of critical infrastructure, and of 2031 for "high-impact environments." Garfield Jones, the executive vice president of Strategy and Research at QuSecure, said the executive order on post-quantum cryptography is an "unambiguous signal" of the need. "The 2030 deadline for key establishment is a tangible compliance deadline, and the gap between where most organizations are today and where they need to be is significant," Jones said in a statement. "Agencies and contractors that haven't started a cryptographic inventory are already behind. The organizations that move now will have options. The
Jun 23, 2026 · via govtech.com
On June 22, 2026, President Trump signed Executive Order 14409, "Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks." The order sets a December 31, 2030, deadline for federal agencies to transition their most sensitive systems to post-quantum encryption, and a December 31, 2031, deadline for post-quantum authentication. The EO also directs federal contractors to comply with post-quantum Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) by the end of 2030. We welcome this executive order. The U.S. government has a long track record of using federal leadership and procurement to drive adoption of new technologies across the broader industry. We've seen this work with IPv6, with routing security and the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), and with DNSSEC, and weâre glad to see this tradition continue with post-quantum cryptography. The EO is especially important at this moment because the timeline for Q-Day, the day that quantum computers can break the public-key cryptography used across the Internet, has been accelerated. In April 2026, Cloudflare moved our own target for full post-quantum security to 2029, following research breakthroughs from Google and Oratomic. This EO updates guidance from 2024, when the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) stated that the classical public key cryptography used across the Internet (namely RSA and Elliptic Curve Cryptography, which can be broken once powerful quantum computers become available) should be deprecated by 2030 and disallowed by 2035. The Internetâs transition to post-quantum encryption is well underway, while the transition to post-quantum authentication has only just begun. Today, over two-thirds of browser traffic to Cloudflare's network is protected with post-quantum encryption, and most of our products support post-quantum key agreement. Our SASE platform, Cloudflare One, provides post-quantum encryption across all major on-ramps and off-ramps, including TLS, MASQUE, and IPsec. We've recently started deploying post-quantum authentication and aim to be fully post-quantum
Jun 23, 2026 · via blog.cloudflare.com
Executive orders seek to hasten quantum computing—and guard against its use One directs a "national effort" toward a useful quantum computer; the other sets deadlines for quantum-resistant encryption. Two two executive orders on Monday aim to hasten the arrival of useful quantum computers while protecting U.S. systems from them. “Innovation and security have to be balanced,” National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said during the White House signing ceremony on Monday. As expected, the orders address different aspects of the burgeoning quantum information sciences and technology landscape. One, “Ushering In The Next Frontier Of Quantum Innovation,” launches “a national effort” to create a quantum computer that can perform basic operations and improve quantum sensors. It directs the creation of a "Quantum Computer for Application Development and Discovery Science Effort" at in a Department of Energy facility, while other provisions support quantum computing supply chains, foster workforce development, and explore private sector and international partnerships. The order also expands the Quantum Information Science and Technology Counterintelligence Protection Team to study threats to domestic quantum-computing efforts. The other order, Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks,” pushes the government to move to cryptographic standards that can withstand quantum computers. It puts several agencies in charge of the effort, including the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency, and the National Security Agency. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has helmed the effort to identify and test new encryption algorithms. The order sets a deadline of 2030 to update key elements of critical infrastructure, and of 2031 for "high-impact environments." Garfield Jones, the executive vice president of Strategy and Research at QuSecure, said the executive order on post-quantum cryptography is an "unambiguous signal" of the need. "The 2030 deadline for key
Jun 23, 2026 · via defenseone.com
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The leading US firms developing quantum computers, including IBM, Microsoft and Google, each aim to deliver the first large-scale commercial device by 2029. Trump’s orders on Monday direct US government agencies to work with the private sector to develop a quantum computer usable for scientific research “by 2028,” according to White House science and technology advisor Michael Kratsios. Unlike regular computers, which process information using “bits” – tiny switches that are either off (0) or on (1) – quantum computers use “qubits,” which can be both 0 and 1 at the same time. That allows them to crunch through enormous numbers of possibilities simultaneously, making them potentially far faster and more powerful than anything available today. However, quantum computers currently make too many errors to be used reliably outside of research settings. A senior White House official later clarified that the quantum computing model developed in tandem with the US government would have lesser capabilities than those promised by the private sector. “We’re really viewing the push towards a scientifically relevant quantum computer as a stepping stone… to future larger-scale, more capable systems,” the official said during a press call. The second order signed by Trump involves cybersecurity and post-quantum cryptography, or encryption that is able to withstand decryption by a quantum computer. Kratsios said the order “accelerates the migration” of quantum-proof cryptography to 2031.
Jun 22, 2026 · via freemalaysiatoday.com
CHEYENNE WELLS — Colorado’s southeastern plains, still brown from winter and drought, are a long way from the Middle East, but when the Iran war bottled up exports from the Persian Gulf, a resource beneath those prairies became more valuable. It isn’t oil. It’s helium. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut off 30% of the world’s helium supply from Qatar. International industrial gas companies, such as France’s Air Liquide and Ireland-based Linde, declared a force majeure and began rationing helium among their customers. The major remaining supply, indeed the world’s largest source is the U.S. The country produces about 44% of the world’s helium, with the best reserves stretching roughly from the Texas Panhandle through Colorado and Wyoming into Canada. And so, on a June morning at the Ladder Creek Helium Plant, just outside Cheyenne Wells, specially designed Air Liquide trailers filled with liquid helium were bound for China, France, Japan, Germany and Austria. “It is an international market, there is a lot of demand for helium and it’s growing,” said Darin Dickey, co-owner Tumbleweed Midstream, which runs the plant. After hydrogen, helium — a colorless, odorless, nontoxic gas — is the second most abundant and lightest element in the universe. A quarter of the sun is helium. It is a small atom, lighter than air. The gas is inert so it does not combine with other elements. It is unique among all the elements in that it can reach ultra-cold temperatures, approaching absolute zero. Here on Earth, it is widely distributed but only in a few strata is it found in concentrations above 2% making it profitable to harvest. The concentrations in southeastern Colorado reach up to 7%, Dickey said. As a result of its unique properties the demand for helium has soared. Magnetic resonance imaging machines,
Jun 22, 2026 · via coloradosun.com
WASHINGTON - Today, global tech trade association ITI welcomed President Trump’s new Executive Orders, Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation and Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks. Quantum technologies are critical to the next frontier of technology and impact public policy across AI, national security, economic competitiveness, cybersecurity, and more. “Quantum technology is shaping today’s opportunities and tomorrow’s risks, and the United States is well positioned to strengthen its quantum leadership on the global stage,” said ITI Executive Vice President of Policy and General Counsel John Miller. “The Quantum Innovation EO lays the groundwork for a stronger quantum ecosystem through increased federal capabilities, a refreshed National Quantum Strategy, expanded public-private partnerships, and stronger protections for critical research,” Miller continued. “With powerful quantum computers that can break the encryption that secures the internet becoming closer to reality by the day, the Post-Quantum Cryptography EO sets appropriately aggressive timelines to direct federal government agencies to prepare for quantum-enabled cybersecurity risks. Policymakers must continue working closely with industry and international partners to modernize strategies to protect systems against attacks and accelerate the next generation of quantum innovation.” ITI is a leading voice shaping the future of quantum policy. ITI's Quantum Technology Policy Guide outlines strategic principles and recommendations that address the opportunities and risks posed by quantum computing, quantum communications, and quantum sensing.
Jun 22, 2026 · via itic.org
Akhetonics Photonic Computing: 1,000x Faster CPUs! Learn about Akhetonics’ prototype that turns photons into a programmable, terahertz-class processor — and the memory, packaging, and power challenges they still need to overcome. Akhetonics says their photonic CPU is the beginning of a revolutionary new type of all-optical computer: data would enter as light, be switched as light, circulate through memory as light, and leave as light. Leonardo Del Bino, the company’s co-founder and chief technology officer, reduces its hardest engineering problem to five words: “Light doesn’t like to stop.” Michael Kissner, Akhetonics’ co-founder and chief executive, says the company plans to deploy its first commercial machine with a major customer by the end of 2026. Between those statements lies the entire wager — a published two-bit optical CPU architecture, nearly 30 generations of photonic chips, a compiler intended to accept familiar code, ambitions for terahertz clocking, and unanswered questions about power, packaging, memory, manufacturing, and whether any of it can outperform electronics outside the lab. A Photonic Computer Made Of Fibers And Pods The first thing to understand about Akhetonics’ optical computer is that it’s not one thing yet. It’s a collection of devices, test structures, packaged chips, software, architectural ideas, and increasingly integrated prototypes. In footage from the company’s Munich operation, Del Bino apologizes for the disorder as he walks through a room where one of the early systems is being assembled. Inside a conventional rack enclosure sits a computing board intended to hold four photonic chips in pods, together with an orchestrator responsible for routing information. Fiber arrays bring light into the chips and carry the output away. Electrical connections power selected devices. Instruments measure whether the components behave as designed. The scene can look familiar until the purpose of all those fibers becomes clear. Photonics is already embedded
Jun 22, 2026 · via medium.com
TAMPA, Fla. — The White House has issued an executive order aiming to unify and accelerate U.S. development of quantum technologies, including space systems that could enable next-generation navigation, sensing and secure communications. The “Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation” order, signed by U.S. President Donald Trump June 22, gives NASA 120 days to submit a five-year plan for “developing and extending civilian quantum sensing and networking for space applications.” Other agencies were also tasked with producing five-year plans to translate atomic-scale physics into federally backed research and applications. The order directs the Department of War to identify at least three next-generation quantum sensor projects within 60 days to prioritize for fielding by Sept. 30, 2028. It also establishes the Quantum Computer for Application Development and Discovery Science effort, or QC-ADDS, to develop a quantum computer for scientific applications. “This national effort shall pursue development of a quantum computer at a scale intended to initiate the era of quantum-enabled scientific discovery,” the order stated, “with the intent to deliver at least one such computer to a Department of Energy facility and, to the extent possible, make it available to the scientific community.” Trump also signed a separate executive order directing federal agencies to strengthen cryptographic protections for the country’s sensitive data, critical infrastructure and digital economy against threats posed by future quantum computers. Industry collaboration The executive orders came shortly after U.S.-based quantum technology firm Infleqtion announced America’s Quantum Space Initiative, an industry coalition aiming to advance demonstrations to operational capability. Founding partners include Voyager Technologies, Armada, Monarch Quantum and the University of Colorado Boulder. “Quantum is moving fast, and so is the competition,” said Matt Kinsella, Infleqtion’s CEO. “The science is proven and the systems are coming. We are grateful to President Trump for making American quantum
Jun 22, 2026 · via spacenews.com