PsiQuantum has inked a $22.5 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y.

The deal enables a collaboration between PsiQuantum and AFRL on quantum photonic chips, which are used to control and process qubits based on single photons, according to a statement by the company. The quantum photonic chips will be co-designed by PsiQuantum and AFRL and manufactured at the GlobalFoundries semiconductor fab in Malta, N.Y.

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