DARPA wants to hook tomorrow's quantum gear into today's networks

If the Pentagon is to harness the promise of quantum-powered devices, it needs ways to connect them to today's data networks. But networking has been the “black sheep” of quantum research, says the leader of a DARPA program that's attempting to bridge the gaps.“On this program, the challenge is: How do we integrate quantum systems on our current communication infrastructure?” said Allyson O’Brien, whose QuANET program—it's short for "quantum networks"&mda