This is a $13,414,043.00 definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to IonQ, Inc., a for-profit quantum computing technology company, to develop a trapped ion quantum computer. The contract is part of AFRL's broader Quantum Information Sciences research program, which seeks to advance quantum computing capabilities to support the Air Force's command, control, communications, computing, and intelligence (C4I) missions. The original solicitation, issued as a Broad...
This federal contract award, FA87502491003, was granted to IonQ, Inc. by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a defense agency. The contract, valued at $54,489,763, is for the design, development, and delivery of quantum subsystems utilizing barium ions in different traps that are entangled using a photonic network switch entangling setup for wavelengths. This effort falls under the broader scope of "TRAPPED ION QUANTUM COMPUTING". The contract does not have a set-aside...
This is a $10,835,118.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Psiquantum, Corp. to integrate state-of-the-art optical phase shifters into a photonics platform for quantum computing applications. The contract aims to validate quantum circuit capabilities and explore their application beyond quantum computing for other Air Force use cases. The contract is part of a broader AFRL Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) on Quantum Information Sciences,...
This is a $2,400,571.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Coldquanta, Inc., doing business as Infleqtion, for the development of high-performance miniature ion trap systems. The contract is not set aside and was issued under a Broad Agency Announcement seeking research and development in quantum information sciences, including quantum algorithms, networking, processing, and related technologies to support the AFRL's command, control,...
This is a $109,949.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Quoherent, Inc., a small business, for a STTR Phase I research project on "Quantum Instruction Set for Topological Insulator Quantum Processors". The contract has a completion date of March 12, 2024. As an STTR Phase I award, this contract is focused on the early-stage research and development of quantum computing technologies related to topological insulators. The Air Force's...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $100,695.00 Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) contract to Coldquanta, Inc., doing business as Infleqtion, for the delivery of an ION TRAP SYSTEM. This contract, which has a period of performance through May 31, 2025, supports the AFRL's research and development efforts in quantum information sciences, including quantum sensing, quantum communications, and quantum computing. Infleqtion, a for-profit manufacturer of quantum information...
This is a $1,248,990.00 Small Business set-aside contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Atlantic Quantum Corp, a small technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The contract is for the development of high-fidelity baseband control hardware for protected quantum bits under the STTR Phase II program. This contract builds upon Atlantic Quantum Corp's previous STTR Phase I work with AFRL, demonstrating the company's expertise in advancing critical quantum...
This federal contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Atlantic Quantum Corp, a small business, is for the development of supporting infrastructure for fluxonium quantum processors. The $109,662 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase I contract will advance superconducting qubit technology and quantum computing capabilities. This work builds on a prior $1.2 million STTR Phase II contract awarded to Atlantic Quantum Corp for high fidelity baseband control hardware for protected quantum...
This is a $1,499,860.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Rigetti & Co, LLC, a small business based in Berkeley, California, doing business as Rigetti Quantum Computing. The contract is for the development of "SYSTEMS-DRIVEN COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT FOR PHOTON-SUPERCONDUCTOR MULTI-NODE QUANTUM NETWORKS" under a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research effort. This contract award supports AFRL's science and technology...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $11,000,000.00 Other Transaction Agreement contract to International Business Machines Corp (IBM) for a "10USC4023" IBM Quantum Access License. The contract is for the provision of quantum computing services, research and development, and machine learning/AI services. IBM has previously provided similar services as a prime contractor and subcontractor to various defense agencies, including the...