DARPA Funds Qunnect to Improve Quantum Network Reliability
DARPA has awarded funding to Qunnect to improve the reliability and resilience of quantum networks. Qunnect is a quantum networking company focused on entanglement distribution and quantum memory technologies.
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This could accelerate deployment of Qunnect's entanglement distribution hardware in metropolitan-scale quantum network testbeds, where links must maintain performance outside controlled lab settings.
DARPA funding typically includes milestones for field-relevant reliability, and Qunnect has already demonstrated fiber-based entanglement distribution; the next step is hardening against environmental drift and loss.
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