Trump Signs Orders Calling for Powerful Quantum Computer, Targeting 2028
June 23rd, 2026Via: Reuters:
U.S. ?President ?Donald Trump on Monday ordered ?a push to build a powerful quantum computer for scientific research and ?speed efforts to protect government systems from related cyber threats, bolstering U.S. efforts in its race with ?China for a technology that could ?upend science and cybersecurity.
“We believe this can happen by 2028,” Michael Kratsios, director of the ?White House Office ?of Science and Technology Policy, said in a call previewing the moves ?and referring to the quantum computer.
Trump signed two executive orders, one of which seeks to protect government computers against quantum computer-fueled cyberattacks by setting a goal of migrating key government computing systems to post-quantum cryptography ?by 2030 or 2031.
Quantum computers use the laws of quantum physics to process information in ?ways that ?can solve certain complex ?problems far faster ?than even today’s supercomputers. They could unscramble the encryption that protects computers from hacking, raising ?fears of aggressive cyberattacks.
