As a new research and deployment project in the EuroQCI initiative, TransEuroOGS aims to establish a network of interoperable optical ground stations for satellite-based quantum-secure communication across four EU Member States: Germany, Greece, Ireland and Luxembourg. With a budget of approximately €18 million, co-funded by the European Union and national governments, the project has now officially been kicked off with a consortium meeting in Berlin and Jena.

On May 5, 2026, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), jointly with the Digital Agency and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), held the fourth meeting of the Japan-EU Digital Partnership Council in Brussels, Belgium.

French and German quantum organizations signed a declaration of intent to strengthen cross-border cooperation and accelerate the development of a competitive European quantum ecosystem.
The agreement focuses on industrial quantum use cases, scalable adoption pathways, coordination between industry and policymakers, and promoting commercial examples of quantum deployment.
The initiative reflects broader European efforts to strengthen technological sovereignty in quantum technologies amid increasing competition from the United States and China.

Infleqtion introduced “Quantum Spectrum,” a new category of atom-based RF sensing designed for contested and congested electromagnetic environments.
The company is developing Rydberg atom-based RF receivers for defense applications in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.
Quantum Spectrum systems aim to improve signal detection, classification, and resilience against jamming, spoofing, and GPS-denied conditions.

Deployment across Melita’s operational fiber network demonstrates that quantum key distribution can protect real-world telecom systems, advancing Europe’s quantum-secure communication backbone.

IonQ and Florida LambdaRail agreed to develop a quantum-safe network in Florida, starting with a 100-mile corridor connecting research institutions.The project will use quantum key distribution (QKD) over existing fiber infrastructure to enable secure communications and detect interception attempts.The initiative aims to expand statewide and support quantum infrastructure, research collaboration, and ecosystem development.

2025 was a positive year for the quantum technology industry, marked by continued technical progress contributing to market growth, and increases in public and private investment, pure-play quantum companies, and workforce. The United Nations’ designation of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics being awarded for quantum physics experiments helped elevate the industry by promoting international collaboration and encouraging policymakers and institutions to highlight quantum technologies in their innovation agendas. This report reflects the global quantum technology industry as of the end of 2025, and underscores that the industry is maturing and gaining strategic importance worldwide.

By 2026, Russia’s national rail operator plans to open its quantum links to third party carriers, offering carriers unprecedented security and laying the groundwork for a new era in protected data transport.

A markup in the Senate Commerce Committee outfitted the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act to support near-term quantum application development, cybersecurity migration timelines and scaling testbeds for quantum sciences and technologies.

A CubeSat carrying Qubitrium’s QubitCore payload successfully entered orbit aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission to test whether entangled photons can be reliably generated and measured in space.The mission validates a fully integrated, CubeSat-compatible quantum system designed to implement entanglement-based quantum key distribution, marking a shift from government-led experiments to commercially deployable hardware.Engineers will analyze data over time to assess system performance in real space conditions, including detector degradation, radiation effects, and the stability of entanglement correlations.The deployment demonstrates early movement toward a modular supply chain for space-based quantum technologies, positioning standardized payloads as a foundation for scalable quantum communication infrastructure.