As Federal Quantum Funding Lapses, Florida Deploys Quantum-Secured Fiber
China is spending $15 billion on quantum as a $2.7 billion U.S. reauthorization bill awaits passage.
ORLANDO, May 18, 2026 — The federal framework coordinating America's quantum research and development lapsed in September 2023 and has not been reauthorized, leaving the United States without a funded national strategy as China commits an estimated $15 billion to the same technology.
Florida signed an agreement three weeks ago to deploy the first fully quantum-secured fiber network in the United States, panelists said, a move that one investor said signals the private sector is moving with or without Washington.
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