The long-awaited executive actions aim to protect current infrastructure from a fault-tolerant quantum computer while accelerating U.S. scientific research with quantum technology capabilities.

The executive order is expected this week and tasks the departments of Defense and Energy to build and host a quantum computer for scientific discovery.

Trump signed two executive orders aimed at expanding U.S. quantum computing capabilities and speeding up plans to prepare for Q-Day.

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office. Trump, while signing two Executive Orders on Quantum technology at the White House, said: "The first…