August 10, 2026 — Congress Eyes $567 Million Quantum Defense Bump
Congress is moving to raise military quantum spending 68% to $567 million, with the same firms benefiting from doubled lobbying and political ties to the administration. Also: IonQ, D-Wave, and Rigetti post divergent earnings, Q-CTRL sets a new largest-ever Quantum Fourier Transform record on IBM hardware, and researchers try entangled photons powered by nothing but sunlight.
Main story: U.S. Lawmakers Reportedly Pushing Higher Defense Spending on Quantum — The Quantum Insider and Congress Eyes Boosting Quantum Funds — Bloomberg
DARPA Selects IonQ to Produce Atomic Clocks — BusinessWire via…
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