IonQ–Heven

IonQ–Heven AeroTech (Nov 24, 2025): IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) announced a strategic partnership and equity investment in Heven AeroTech to create “quantum-enabled” hydrogen-powered defense drones. Under this agreement, IonQ will integrate its full quantum stack (computing, networking, sensing, security) into Heven’s unmanned aerial systems to optimize flight paths, logistics and sensor processing for complex missions. IonQ’s CEO Niccolò de Masi said the collaboration brings quantum enhancements to autonomous vehicles, enabling advanced navigation and sensing applications for national security.

IonQ Italia CEO (Nov 24, 2025): In a press release, IonQ announced the appointment of Dr. Marco Pistoia (ex-JPMorgan/IBM) as CEO of IonQ Italia. Pistoia will lead IonQ’s enterprise and research engagement in Italy, a market IonQ views as a “quantum computing powerhouse”. CEO de Masi emphasized that IonQ’s Italy unit will deepen collaboration with industry and academia, leveraging IonQ’s hardware and software platform across quantum computing, networking, sensing and security.

IonQ Workforce Expansion (Nov 24, 2025): In an interview with theQuantumInsider, IonQ confirmed it has now surpassed 1,000 employees across 12 global sites. This rapid growth – aided by recent acquisitions like Oxford Ionics – is part of CEO de Masi’s strategy to build a vertically integrated quantum firm (hardware + software + networks + sensing + security). TheQuantumInsider notes that IonQ’s backers include BlackRock, AWS and Mubadala, and that the company aims for a “quantum internet” vision with eventually millions of qubits by 2030.