{"id":15084,"date":"2018-03-15T16:31:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T16:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/15\/intelligence-official-us-still-leads-in-quantum-computing-for-now\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:54:55","slug":"intelligence-official-us-still-leads-in-quantum-computing-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/2018\/03\/15\/intelligence-official-us-still-leads-in-quantum-computing-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligence official: US still leads in quantum computing &#8230; for now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent comments from the intelligence community indicate quantum computing could be one of the most important technology investments being made today, but the field has many worried about what might happen if others achieve it first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quantum encryption, enabled by quantum computing, could have profound national security implications such as making adversary messages unreadable and enabling others to easily decrypt critical protected intel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States, for now, remains the leader, according to one U.S. intelligence official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is an area in which the U.S. has a lead in part because of a large investment by the federal government in quantum computing research,\u201d Jason Matheny, director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, said during a Defense Writers Group breakfast March 14. \u201cChina is investing but not at the levels that the United States has.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matheny said he thinks the community is still 20-plus years away from a quantum computer that\u2019s relevant to encryption as quantum physics is a very challenging field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. 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Robert Ashley, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, used prepared congressional testimony earlier this year to describe a challenging landscape if adversaries get to quantum computing before the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAdversaries are giving priority to researching quantum-enabled communications and quantum computing, which could supply the means to field highly secure communication systems and eventually to break certain encryption algorithms,\u201d his testimony <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Ashley_03-06-18.pdf\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">read<\/a>. \u201cThe challenge for predicting the next emerging and disruptive technology for the future is anticipating the follow-on effects of seemingly innocuous technologies that are evolving today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Matheny said there still needs to be more research in quantum-resistant encryption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the reasons that we invest is so that we understand where the state of the art is, understand a bit about what the timelines are so that we can deploy quantum-resistant encryption when it\u2019s critical,\u201d he said. \u201cBut given that we want to protect classified data for 20-plus years typically by policy, it does mean that we should probably be pursuing quantum-resisting encryption with a lot of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>But what about artificial intelligence?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a related endeavor, many have sounded the alarm about the growing global race in artificial intelligence and machine learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like quantum computing, investments by peer competitors in AI have many government leaders worried that the U.S. advantage could erode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matheny provided a 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