Quantum Technology: National Defense Readiness
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This bill has strong bipartisan support and focuses on national security, but it was introduced late in the session and must still pass through several committees.
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Federal agencies are directed to design incentives like prize challenges or advance market commitments to pull private companies into building quantum component technologies domestically. Smaller quantum tech firms and startups could get new government-backed revenue opportunities or guaranteed buyers for their products.
“jointly develop a plan to encourage and partner with the private sector, potentially through the use of prize challenges or advance market commitments”
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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Introduced in Senate
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A bipartisan set of senators introduced the National Quantum Readiness Act to codify elements of a recent executive order. The bill tasks the DoD, Commerce, and NSF to create private-sector partnerships and requires the DoD to identify three priority quantum sensor projects within 60 days.
Senators Mike Rounds and Richard Blumenthal introduced S. 5139, which aims to bolster national security through quantum technologies. The bill requires the Secretary of Defense to identify three next-generation quantum sensor projects and develop plans for domestic quantum supply chains.
U.S. senators proposed a new bill to accelerate the military's use of quantum sensing. The National Quantum Readiness Act sets a 2028 deadline for deploying priority military quantum projects and emphasizes collaboration between the Defense, Commerce, and Energy Departments.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
National Quantum Readiness Act of 2026
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