IonQ will put a Superion 256 at NVIDIA’s Accelerated Quantum Research Center, with reporting pointing to a 2027 install next to a GB200 NVL72. Microsoft opened 15,000 square feet in Discovery District Maryland for Majorana 2 tests with DARPA, while a six-consortium survey found 90 percent of quantum firms buy at least one part abroad. Click for the QICK makerspace, the 104 NGCC findings, and the gas-network run on Forte-1.
Pasqal moved atom trapping onto a photonic chip, Q-CTRL ran a 100-qubit Fourier Transform on IBM hardware, and Quantinuum parked Helios inside Oracle’s cloud. Utah formalized a statewide quantum initiative while Infleqtion doubled revenue and raised guidance. Post-quantum tools reached GSA schedules and live blockchains. This was the week hardware, software, and policy all accelerated together.
DARPA has awarded Qunnect a contract to advance the next-generation polarization compensation nodule in its Carina quantum entanglement distribution system. Carina already anchors quantum-network deployments in New York, Bozeman, Berlin, and Albuquerque. The funding targets real-time correction of fiber-induced polarization drift that can degrade quantum signals on commercial infrastructure.
On July 28, 2026, Infleqtion, Aliro Technologies, Tensora, and Bandelier Technologies committed to using ABQ-Net, the first open-access entanglement-based quantum network in the United States. Developed by Qunnect with Roadrunner Venture Studios and supported by New Mexico’s Technology and Innovation Office, the network forms part of the state’s over $450 million quantum investment. Companies will test timing synchronization, secure key generation, geosensing, and defense applications over existing fiber. Anchor nodes connect Qunnect’s Albuquerque office with the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies operated by Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories.
EPB Quantum Network, powered by Qubitekk, announced a collaboration with Qunnect, a leader in quantum-secure networking. Together, they aim to assess the compatibility of critical quantum technologies within a network – a first-time joint operation between two commercial quantum networking companies.