Author: The Qubit Report Staff

Langworthy Introduces American Quantum Competitiveness Act

U.S. Representative Nick Langworthy introduced the American Quantum Competitiveness Act on August 31, 2026, making the Secretary of Commerce principal advisor to the President on commercial quantum technology and trusted supply chains. A public competitiveness strategy would be due within two years of enactment and every three years after. Full statutory duties, corridor geography, and industry quotations are in the article.

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September 2, 2026

Quantum Computing Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending August 29, 2026

Quantum Computing Weekly Round-Up for the week ending August 29, 2026 captures the week quantum computing became a public-market and public-policy story at the same time. Pasqal listed on Nasdaq with €309 million in cash. IBM closed its HRL Laboratories acquisition. NSF put $290 million behind eight Quantum Leap institutes, and Treasury stood up a financial-sector Quantum-Readiness Task Force. Field trials from Q-CTRL and SuperQ, plus Pasqal’s Saudi joint venture, made the laboratory feel far away.

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August 28, 2026
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Infleqtion Receives $20 Million NASA Follow-On Award for Quantum Gravity Pathfinder

Infleqtion has received a $20 million NASA follow-on contract for the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder, raising total program investment to $40 million. The JPL-led mission is designed to fly the first space-based quantum gravity sensor, with hardware work through 2027 and a targeted 2030 low-Earth orbit launch. Sensor architecture, microgravity testing plans, and the path to later science-grade instruments are detailed inside.

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August 27, 2026

Postquant Labs Launches the First Quantum Cross-Chain Swaps

Postquant Labs, the developer behind quantum computing protocol, quip.network, announces the imminent public launch of QuipSwap, its Bridgeless Swap Protocol, aimed at addressing the dual challenges of cross-chain security vulnerabilities and the looming threat to current cryptographic standards posed by its own quantum computing network.

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August 27, 2026

ThinkQuantum and University of Padua Demonstrate 18 km Free-Space QKD

Researchers at the University of Padua and ThinkQuantum have demonstrated intermodal quantum key distribution over an 18 km free-space link in northeastern Italy. Adaptive optics at a 410 mm urban telescope coupled the telecom-wavelength signal into single-mode fiber and produced secret keys at about 200 bit/s with room-temperature detectors. Link parameters, detector comparison, and network-design implications are covered here.

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August 26, 2026

China’s Cyberspace Commission Targets Quantum Technology in 2026–2030 Plan

China’s Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission has released a 2026–2030 action plan that identifies quantum science and technology among frontier technologies for cyberspace enterprises. The plan seeks stronger competitiveness, innovation capacity and industrial ecosystem development by 2030. Full coverage details the seven actions, core technology priorities and the absence of quantum-specific funding or milestones.

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August 26, 2026

Photonic Publishes SHYPS QLDPC Logic Research in Nature Communications

Photonic Inc. announced that Nature Communications has published its paper on SHYPS QLDPC codes for efficient quantum logic and error correction. In simulated comparisons, the codes used about 2× to 3.5× fewer physical qubits than comparably scaled surface-code encodings. Circuit-level results, Clifford compilation details, and architecture implications are in the journal article.

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August 26, 2026
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Pasqal and Eleven Ventures Establish Joint Venture for Quantum Systems in Saudi Arabia

Pasqal and Eleven Ventures have agreed to form a commercial joint venture that will deploy multiple neutral-atom quantum computing systems inside Saudi Arabia and across the broader MENA region. The partnership also prioritizes building local talent so quantum capability is developed within the Kingdom rather than accessed remotely. Strategic leadership will be provided by HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Bin Talal as Chairman of Pasqal Arabia, with further technical and commercial details available in the full announcement.

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August 26, 2026

NSF Invests More Than $290M in Eight Quantum Leap Institutes

The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing more than $290 million in eight Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes, expanding a program launched under the National Quantum Initiative Act. Three newly formed centers join five renewed institutes tackling fault tolerance, hybrid architectures, and quantum sensing. The awards support researchers at 36 institutions and partnerships with more than 30 companies.

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August 26, 2026