Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) 2026 Announcement

Department of Defense · DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · Solicitation · DARPA-PA-26-02

posted 14 November 2025 · closes 31 December 2026 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC12 · 2 postings

Summary

DARPA is issuing a solicitation for the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) to fund innovative research aimed at building utility‑scale fault‑tolerant quantum computers and related computational workflows. The effort focuses on breakthrough design, engineering, test, and evaluation methods rather than incremental improvements, targeting foundational advances in quantum computing capability.

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