Applied Quantum works with governments, defence communities and public institutions at the intersection of national security, critical infrastructure and industrial strategy. We help you understand where quantum genuinely changes your risk profile and capabilities, and how to turn that insight into coherent strategies, regulations and programmes.
Sector Overview
For governments and defence communities, quantum is both a strategic asset and a systemic risk. It touches intelligence, military communications, critical‑infrastructure protection, public‑sector digital services, industrial policy and national competitiveness.
The difficulty is coordinating across:
- national‑level security concerns (state communications, archives, defence systems);
- sector‑specific regulation (finance, energy, telecoms, healthcare, transport);
- industrial and research ecosystems that are still emerging and fragmented.
We help national and defence stakeholders move from scattered briefings and pilot projects to coherent quantum‑security and quantum‑technology strategies.
Who we work with
We support national and public sector stakeholders such as:
- Central government ministries/departments and digital/ICT authorities – cross‑government quantum and PQC strategies.
- Defence and armed forces – including cyber, signals intelligence and secure comms units.
- National security and intelligence – long‑term data protection, secure comms and sensing.
- Critical‑infrastructure regulators – energy, transport, telecoms, water and other vital sectors.
- Law‑enforcement and homeland security agencies.
- Science, innovation and industrial‑strategy agencies / sovereign funds – national quantum ecosystems and industrial policy.
Where quantum matters
Building with quantum and quantum‑inspired methods
- Designing national and sectoral quantum strategies that combine research, industrial policy and adoption in defence and public services.
- Supporting pilots and testbeds in quantum sensing, secure communications, optimisation and computing.
- Developing workforce and skills programmes so civil servants, defence teams and regulators can make informed decisions.
Defending against the quantum computing threat
- Building national‑level quantum‑security and PQC strategies covering multiple critical sectors.
- Setting regulatory expectations for PQC, crypto‑agility, CBOMs and long‑term confidentiality.
- Assessing and securing quantum projects themselves – especially where they interact with classified or critical networks.
Key challenges we see in government & defense
- Many stakeholders with different time horizons, risk appetites and languages.
- Need to balance national security secrecy with transparent guidance.
- Pressure to support domestic quantum industry while remaining vendor‑neutral.
- Long procurement cycles that don’t always match research and vendor timelines.
- Lack of shared mental models for quantum risk between national stakeholders.
How Applied Quantum helps
- Quantum Security, PQC & Risk – national quantum‑security and PQC strategies, regulatory and supervisory frameworks, sector‑specific reference architectures and playbooks.
- Strategy & Opportunity – national and sectoral quantum strategies, capability and readiness assessments, ecosystem and industrial‑strategy advisory, workforce and skills roadmaps.
- Engineering & Implementation – support for pilots and testbeds in sensing, secure communications, quantum networks and optimisation.
- Commercialization & TTO Support – helping national labs and research programmes turn quantum IP into ventures, products and partnerships that fit national objectives.
If you’re responsible for national cyber policy, critical infrastructure resilience or quantum related programmes, we can help you connect the dots.
Let’s explore how to align quantum security, PQC, research investment and ecosystem development in a way that is technically credible and politically realistic.
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