D-Wave Creates Dedicated U.S. Government Business Unit to Accelerate Quantum Adoption

D-Wave Quantum Inc., a pioneer in commercial quantum computing, has announced the creation of a dedicated business unit focused entirely on the U.S. government. The new structure is designed to speed up the development and deployment of quantum applications for national security, defense and critical infrastructure. 

Strategic focus on the U.S. public sector

The new unit will be led by Jack Sears Jr., a veteran executive with more than 25 years of experience in federal contracting across defense and aerospace. As vice president of U.S. government solutions, Sears will oversee all go-to-market, application development and product adaptation needed to meet stringent federal requirements.

According to D-Wave, the move responds to growing calls from U.S. defense leadership for practical quantum applications that can handle complex logistics, transportation and mission-planning problems. 

Advantage2 system already deployed for government use

To support this strategy, D-Wave recently made its next-generation Advantage2 quantum system operational at the Alabama headquarters of Davidson Technologies, a mission-focused contractor serving U.S. defense and aerospace agencies. 

The system is intended to tackle mission-critical optimization and scheduling tasks and is expected, over time, to run sensitive applications that require secure operation under U.S. government standards. 

Why this matters for the quantum ecosystem

This announcement is significant for the global quantum community for several reasons:

• It formalizes a dedicated government-facing quantum business inside one of the best-known commercial quantum companies. 

• It signals that U.S. defense and public-sector agencies are moving from “small pilots” toward structured, long-term quantum adoption. 

• It strengthens the role of annealing-based quantum systems and hybrid quantum–classical workflows in real-world optimization problems, not just lab demonstrations. 

For companies and research groups building quantum software, this creates a clearer path to government-backed use cases, ranging from supply-chain optimization to complex mission planning and infrastructure resilience.

Potential impact and outlook

If successful, the new unit could:

• Make D-Wave a primary supplier of quantum optimization technology to U.S. defense and federal agencies.

• Increase demand for quantum-ready applications and middleware that integrate with D-Wave’s cloud and on-prem systems. 

• Accelerate the transition of quantum computing from “experimental” to operational tooling inside government workflows.

Over 100 organizations already use D-Wave’s systems via its quantum cloud; formalizing a U.S. government unit suggests that public-sector adoption is expected to become a major pillar of the company’s business.