On May 22, the United States and Germany signed a Joint Statement on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST) in Berlin, alongside a Joint Committee Meeting on science and technology cooperation between the two nations. The statement is based on shared values that combining the expertise of each country is crucial to realizing QIST technologies for the benefit of humanity, and reflects the longstanding history of QIST research and development collaborations between the countries.

A senior White House official disclosed at a conference on Monday that the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will release post-quantum cryptographic algorithms in the next few weeks. In addition, a spokesperson from NIST also stated recently that the agency plans to officially release post-quantum cryptography standards this summer.

According to the latest news from Bloomberg, the US government is likely to require companies it collaborates with to have the ability to protect their data and technologies from attacks by quantum computers as early as July this year.

Yesterday, Luxembourg and Belgium signed a cybersecurity deal to strengthen protection from threats against critical infrastructure in both countries. This agreement is part of the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) initiative, which aims to utilize quantum technology to strengthen the security of European infrastructures and encryption systems. It is reported that the two countries will establish a cross-border quantum communication connection within the framework of the respective national initiatives LuxQCI and BeQCI.

Recently, the lawmakers on Cyber Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems (CITI) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee have been promoting the establishment of a military-focused Quantum Computing Center of Excellence(COE) to help the U.S. Department of Defense strategically scale the technology and build on current momentum. If this new provision is passed, the Quantum COE will be established within 10 years after the enactment of the legislation.