business
Trump signs orders to build a quantum computer and protect against the one that could break encryption
Key takeaways
- On Monday, the White House issued two executive orders.
- The order also tells the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, to get quantum sensors into the field by 2028, and lays out plans for workforce training and supply chains
- "Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of War shall identify at least three next-generation quantum sensor projects to prioritize in order to field these sensors by September 30, 2028," the order says.
On Monday, the White House issued two executive orders. One pushes to build the quantum machine while the other calls for building defenses against the damage that such machines could do to encryption.
Executive Order 14411 pushes for an effort called QC-ADDS to produce a large-scale quantum computer, 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."
The order also tells the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, to get quantum sensors into the field by 2028, and lays out plans for workforce training and supply chains
Article preview — originally published by CoinDesk. Full story at the source.
Read full story on CoinDesk →
More top stories
Also covered by
Aggregated and edited by the Scoop newsroom. We surface news from CoinDesk alongside other reporting so you can compare coverage in one place.
Editorial policy · Corrections · About Scoop