Rep. Nick Langworthy introduced the American Quantum Competitiveness Act to strengthen U.S. quantum commercialization, manufacturing and domestic supply chains.The bill would designate the Commerce Department as the federal lead for commercial quantum technology and require a national competitiveness strategy.The legislation emphasizes reducing dependence on foreign adversaries and supporting advanced manufacturing along New York’s I-90 technology corridor.

Cyprus and Greece have established their first quantum-secure satellite data connection using Sparkle’s Quantum Safe Interconnect (QSI) system and Hellas Sat’s satellite infrastructure.The connection links Sparkle’s data centre in Athens with Hellas Sat infrastructure in Cyprus, with data travelling about 72,000 kilometres through the satellite system.The companies said the trial demonstrates how software-based quantum-safe protection can be applied to existing terrestrial and satellite networks to address harvest-now-decrypt-later risks.

Australia and Japan are building on decades of science and technology cooperation through a new agreement focused on quantum science, technology and innovation.

Legislation codifies two pieces of Trump executive order on quantum science

The Trump administration says the nation’s science and technology research ecosystem needs to embrace “novel security solutions” to ensure the U.S. maintains its global edge, according to a new document publicly released on Monday. 

Canadian Minister of National Defence David J. McGuinty has announced the launch of Canada’s first Quantum Defence Innovation Secure Hub (DISH) in Calgary, Alberta. Operated by a 13-member consortium led by the University of Calgary and its Quantum City initiative—under Managing Director Dr. Megan Lee—the hub will receive $20.3 million CAD over two years to accelerate the transition of domestic quantum research into mission-ready operational capabilities for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE).

Quantum Optics Jena’s ELVIS quantum communication system passed six independent security tests conducted under ISO/IEC 23837 by TÜV Informationstechnik GmbH.The evaluation tested the system against potential hardware-based side-channel attacks targeting components such as lasers, detectors, and optical elements used in quantum key distribution systems.Quantum Optics Jena said the testing supports efforts to develop security certification standards for commercial quantum communication systems.

Adam Black, Ph. D., director of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Quantum Science Institute, is coordinating a focused effort to apply quantum technologies to future naval operations.

Chattanooga, Tenn. and College Park, Md. – Aug. 3, 2026– IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading quantum platform company, and EPB, Chattanooga’s energy and communications solutions company, today announced plans for the Tennessee Quantum Communications Research Center. This will be the first dedicated next generation quantum communication research and development (R&D) innovation lab directly connected to a real-world network.

Founding partners INSPIR8ION, Eurofiber, Q*Bird, Cisco and CGI launch QCFR on 18 June at RDM Next, creating a practical environment to test, validate and operationalise quantum-secure communication for critical and public infrastructure.