HRL Laboratories and Boeing Achieve Key Milestone in Quantum Entanglement Swapping Satellite Mission

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — HRL Laboratories and Boeing have completed construction and technical validation on a quantum communication subassembly for Boeing’s Q4S satellite mission – a first-of-its-kind effort to demonstrate four-photon quantum entanglement swapping in space. This powerful capability is essential to enabling future secure communications and distributed quantum networks. With this milestone, HRL […]

Entrust Announces Unified Cryptographic Security Platform 

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Entrust, the global leader in identity-centric security solutions, today announced the Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform, the industry’s first unified, end-to-end cryptographic security management solution for keys, secrets, and certificates.  Cyberattacks on data security and identity systems are exploding in scale and sophistication. Traditional approaches to securing data and identities aren’t […]

NASA to Launch First Space-Based Quantum Gravity Sensor to Map Earth’s Hidden Shifts

Insider Brief: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in partnership with small businesses and academic collaborators, is preparing to launch the first space-based quantum gravity gradiometer. The Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder (QGGPf), supported by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office, will test a suite of quantum sensing technologies for mapping Earth’s gravity field from orbit. According to a […]

IonQ and Intellian Partner to Explore Quantum Networking for Secure Satellite Communications

Insider Brief: PRESS RELEASE — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in the quantum computing and networking industries, announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Intellian Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of satellite communication antennas and ground gateway solutions, to explore how secure quantum networking can transform satellite communications. This memorandum […]

Quminex Secures Pre-Seed Investment From QV Studio, Quantacet and Quantonation

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quminex, an early-stage Canadian tech startup is revolutionizing mineral exploration through cutting-edge, data-driven technologies that enhance resource security and accelerate the discovery of critical mineral deposits. By harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and quantum computing, Quminex transforms complex datasets into actionable insights, enabling smarter decision-making while reducing risk and […]

PsiQuantum Announces $10.8 Million Contract with Air Force Research Laboratory

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — PsiQuantum today announced a $10.8M contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., continuing a partnership that began in 2022. This phase will give AFRL a design space for comparative quantum circuits on PsiQuantum’s circuit tapeout, part of its ongoing Omega quantum chipset manufacturing with GlobalFoundries. As […]

Honda Research Institute and BlueQubit Achieve Quantum Image Classification Milestone

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — In a landmark collaboration, Honda Research Institute (HRI) and quantum software company BlueQubit have successfully executed image classification on a quantum computer using Honda’s image dataset, a groundbreaking achievement that marks the first of its kind globally. This pioneering project showcases the transformative potential of quantum computing in AI-driven industries, […]

QpiAI Launches 25-Qubit Superconducting System Under India’s National Quantum Mission

Insider Brief: Bangalore-based startup QpiAI has launched a 25-qubit superconducting quantum computer, marking one of the most powerful quantum systems built in India to date. According to a news release from the Government of India’s Press Information Bureau, the system—called QpiAI-Indus—was formally released on World Quantum Day, April 14, 2025. The launch represents the country’s […]

Deutsche Telekom T-Labs and Qunnect Achieve 17-Day High-Fidelity Quantum Link Over Commercial Fiber

Insider Brief: A team of researchers from Deutsche Telekom’s Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs) and U.S.-Dutch quantum networking firm Qunnect has demonstrated continuous, high-fidelity transmission of polarization-entangled photons over 30 kilometers of commercially deployed fiber. According to a news release, the automated system maintained 99% entanglement fidelity with less than 1% downtime over a 17-day field trial […]