Overview
- President Trump signed the twin executive orders on June 22, 2026, directing a coordinated national effort to accelerate quantum computing and to harden federal encryption against future quantum attacks.
- One order creates QC‑ADDS and tasks the Department of Energy with producing technical specifications within 90 days and aiming to host a 'scientifically relevant' quantum computer for research by 2028.
- The second order forces a faster federal migration to post‑quantum cryptography, ordering a NIST pilot migration by the end of 2027 and targets for key establishment by 2030 and digital signatures by 2031.
- Both orders expand counterintelligence and supply‑chain protections, enlarge FBI and interagency responsibilities to shield quantum research from foreign espionage, and require plans for quantum sensors and networks within five years.
- The measures tie federal funding and agency deadlines to public‑private partnerships and workforce development, and they sharpen urgency for industries from biotech to finance and for crypto projects facing the 'harvest now, decrypt later' risk.