Senate bill would direct DOD to create a quantum computing consortium

FedScoop: A new bill from Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., aims to leverage the Department of Defense’s foremost research entities into a central consortium that would tackle advances in quantum information science.

The Quantum Computing Research Act of 2018, which Harris introduced Tuesday, would direct the DOD to form the Quantum Computing Research Consortium to oversee research and grant funding to address the development of quantum communication and quantum computing technology.

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