The Quantum Internet: How DOD Can Prepare

Beshaj et al discuss how the quantum Internet is likely to develop, according to experts. Following the model proposed by Stephanie Wehner, David Elkouss, and Ronald Hanson, they break this development into six stages. Each stage introduces a new technology that makes the Internet "more quantum" than it was at the previous stage. They also examine the technologies and trends of interest to the Department of Defense (DOD). They argue that increasing DOD focus on quantum technology and a viable quantum Internet may lead to innovations in the areas of secure communications, quantum sensing, and clock synchronization, as well as other yet-tobe- discovered technologies.