How NRL Develops Navy Quantum Computing with Strategic Partnerships

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is unifying its quantum research efforts as the nation prepares for what a recent Executive Order calls “the cusp of a quantum revolution.” Adam Black, Ph. D., directs the newly-formed Quantum Science Institute at NRL, coordinating quantum research across the entire laboratory to develop technologies for navigation, sensing, secure communications and computing. “The institute encourages collaboration across the laboratory and creates a central organization for partnerships with industry and other government organizations,” Black said, emphasizing the need to leverage rapidly advancing quantum computing technology. This centralized approach reinforces the national priority of maintaining a strategic technical advantage in quantum information science and technology. The U.S. Naval…