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June 2025

June 30, 2025

Governor Wes Moore signs cooperative agreement between State of Maryland and DARPA for Capital Quantum Benchmarking Hub.

In April, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), announced as part of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), that the Capital Quantum Benchmarking Hub will be based at the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) within the Discovery DIstrict. 

This hub will serve as a verification and validation testing site for evaluating quantum computing prototypes and solutions for commercial and national security applications. This cooperative agreement between DARPA and the State of Maryland provides matching contributions of up to $100 million each over a four-year period.