The Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) at the National Security Agency (NSA), in coordination with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Office (ARO), has announced the launch of the Quantum Ecosystem Advancement, Growth & Leadership (QuantumEAGLe) initiative. Formulated in response to the latest Presidential Quantum Executive Order, the defense program establishes an inter-agency framework to accelerate the domestic manufacturing base for quantum systems. The Army Contracting Command has formally published the QuantumEAGLe Special Notice on the federal procurement registry SAM.gov, signaling the deployment of flexible contracting authorities to directly align dual-use military and intelligence research vectors with [...]

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a formal public-private partnership agreement with nonprofit research and…

The NSA and DEVCOM Army Research Office launched QuantumEAGLe to strengthen the U.S. quantum ecosystem through research, industry partnerships and supply chains.