The YFA program provides funding, mentoring and industry and national security contacts to awardees early in their careers so they may develop their research ideas in the context of national security needs. The long-term goal of the YFA program is to develop the next generation of academic scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who will focus a significant portion of their career on national security issues.| www.darpa.mil
When quantum is seemingly everywhere and in everything, is it possible to spin true value out of the hype cycle? DARPA is attempting just that — armed with a healthy dose of skepticism, scientific rigor, and industry and academic expertise.| www.darpa.mil
QBI Program Manager Joe Altepeter announces selection of companies for Stage A of QBI. | Read about the companies| www.darpa.mil
Following extensive technical analysis with an independent verification and validation team, DARPA has selected and is in negotiations with Microsoft and PsiQuantum for the Validation and Co-Design stage of the Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing (US2QC) program, one of two programs that make up DARPA’s larger Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI).| www.darpa.mil