Quantum Communication and the Measure of a Paradox

By Brad Blakestad

Dr. Brad Blakestad is a program manager for the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He manages the LogiQ Program, which seeks to overcome the limitations of current multi-qubit systems by building a logical qubit from a number of imperfect physical qubits.

Quantum computing and other technologies, which seek to exploit the bizarre behaviors of particles at the microscopic quantum level, have the potential to revolutionize computing, sensor systems, and a wide array of other information systems. As this theoretical field nears practical implementation, The Cipher Brief’s Fritz Lodge asked Dr. Brad Blakestad, Program Manager of the LogIQ program at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activities (IARPA) under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), to explain how these new capabilities could revolutionize or undercut current U.S. national security and military technology.

The Cipher Brief: For the layman, what are quantum physics and how does this field inform the creation of new technologies that we are now seeing emerge?

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