U.S. Navy Cuts Quantum Computing Deal With Infleqtion

The United States Navy is embracing quantum computing software. Which is exactly why they’ve just committed to a new deal with a publicly traded company.

What’s happening:

• Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ) has been awarded a $1M USD contract from the United States Navy to leverage their Quantum-Inspired Rapid Context machine learning software platform
  

Why it matters:‍

• This is the first time ever that Infleqtion has won a contract from the United States Navy
  

Going deeper:‍

• The United States Navy will collaborate with Infleqtion to turn their Quantum-Inspired Rapid Context software into an integrated prototype that can be used in missions and contested radio frequency environments
  
• Infleqtion has multiple existing military deals to leverage their quantum computing technology, including with the United States Army for contextual machine learning navigation as well as with the United Kingdom Royal Navy for GPS-free navigation trials on autonomous underwater and surface vessels
  

The intrigue:‍

• The United States Navy has been cutting a flurry of new deals with publicly traded companies lately, including previously awarding a new contract to Palladyne AI (NASDAQ: PDYN) to develop a near hypersonic long range missile

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