PsiQuantum, Brookhaven Lab Announce Quantum Collaboration - ExecutiveGov

Photo: Heath Bumgardner/LinkedInBrookhaven National Laboratory announced Wednesday that it has teamed up with PsiQuantum in a new collaboration that will give lab researchers access to the quantum computing company’s Construct software platform.Table of ContentsUnder the arrangement, Brookhaven scientists will use Construct to develop new algorithms and scientific applications aimed at the first generation of fault-tolerant quantum computers, which is the goal of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Quantum Genesis initiative.“We are excited to partner with Brookhaven National Laboratory to use these tools in support of its research into fault-tolerant quantum algorithms and applications,” said Heath Bumgardner, PsiQuantum’s vice president of government relations. “Through this partnership, we’re demonstrating how effective public-private collaboration can help accelerate scientific discovery.”Construct is described as the first full-scale platform built to help government, industry and research users develop algorithms designed to run on utility-scale, fault-tolerant quantum systems once such machines become operational. The platform is the product of years of work by PsiQuantum’s applications team, which built out a set of tools intended to tackle major challenges in quantum algorithm development.Fault-tolerant algorithms are expected to have applications across fields such as materials science, drug development and cryptography. PsiQuantum opened Construct to the public at no cost in May 2026, giving researchers the ability to build quantum circuits, write and test algorithms and fine-tune computing resources without restriction.PsiQuantum and BNL’s partnership is part of the larger Quantum Genesis initiative, which aims to build and deploy the world’s first fault-tolerant quantum computing system capable of supporting scientifically meaningful research by 2028. The initiative is positioned as a core piece of DOE’s larger Genesis Mission, an effort centered on artificial intelligence that seeks to expand the nation’s computational capacity and speed up scientific breakthroughs.Three priorities anchor the plan. One of the priorities is a competition known as the DOE Q Competition, meant to show off fault-tolerant systems in 2028 running in the low hundreds of logical qubits and tackling fields like chemistry, materials science, plasma physics and high-energy physics.Quantum Genesis is also working toward a new National Quantum Supercomputing User Facility, which would give researchers access to quantum machines alongside existing high-performance computing, AI and networking tools.The initiative’s third priority is a dedicated research and development carried out with national labs, universities and private companies to pinpoint scientific uses that can help steer how future quantum systems are built and judged.The German Federal Defense Ministry has kicked off discussions with several partner nations to join forces in the operation of the Lockheed Martin-built C-130 Hercules aircraft, Defense News reported...The U.S. Navy has conducted a flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.The experiment highlighted the initial use of...Brig. Gen. Joseph Lestorti, head of the U.S. Northern Command's Operations Directorate/J3, has said NORTHCOM expects the S-band missile defense radar it is currently testing to become operational...The Office of Personnel Management has revamped federal job application tools on the USAJobs website as part of a redesign of the government's online recruitment portal. OPM said Wednesday new site enhancements are meant...The Department of Energy is investing $50M in fusion energy and plasma science projects conducted by industry firms, universities and national laboratories. The investment aims to allow for fusion energy's use as a...ExecutiveGov, published by Executive Mosaic, is a site dedicated to the news and headlines in the federal government. ExecutiveGov serves as a news source for the hot topics and issues facing federal government departments and agencies such as Gov 2.0, cybersecurity policy, health IT, green IT and national security. We also aim to spotlight various federal government employees and interview key government executives whose impact resonates beyond their agency. Copyright 2026 Executive Mosaic.

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