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QTREX Quantum Ltd. a company focused on advancing Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME) for quantum computing infrastructure, announced that it is in discussions with a U.S. Department of Defense’s research laboratory to establish a joint quantum development program. The parties are targeting the fourth quarter of 2026 to formalize the program. The laboratory already operates the Company’s AME system and is distinct from the U.S. government laboratory referenced in QTREX’s July 6, 2026, announcement, extending the Company’s disclosed footprint to a second U.S. government research institution.
The program under discussion targets the layer where scaled quantum systems physically break: the interconnect. Across the U.S. defense quantum enterprise, programs are advancing from single processors toward networked and scaled architectures, yet every such system still depends on the physical layer inside the cryostat, where conventional wiring, packaging and RF pathways collapse under density, thermal and signal integrity constraints, and where hardware today is manually assembled and largely sourced from overseas suppliers. QTREX’s AME platform prints high density cryogenic interconnects, RF/microwave pathways and application specific quantum components as monolithic structures, fabricated domestically, on site, within a customer’s own secured environment. This laboratory already operates that capability.
The engagement caps a sequence that QTREX has executed: an operating footprint inside U.S. government laboratories; the establishment of QTREX USA to support federal contracting and program execution; and now, program level discussions with the U.S. Department of Defense Research Laboratory. Presence, structure, programs, in that order.
“This is one of the largest research organizations in the U.S. Department of Defense, an institution whose quantum programs reach beyond building individual systems toward connecting them at scale,” said Dagi Ben-Noon, CEO of QTREX. “Every connected quantum system stands or falls on its interconnect layer. That is the layer QTREX prints, and this is a laboratory that knows our platform from the inside, not from a brochure. We believe this can become far more than a single program. It can establish a path for QTREX technology into the physical infrastructure of future federal quantum systems.”
