Washington, Oct. 2 -- The Pentagon has partnered with In-Q-Tel (IQT), a strategic investment firm serving the national security community, to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced commercial technologies for military use, with a focus on artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, hypersonics and directed energy.
The agreement was announced by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (R&E), through the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Critical Technologies (CT), in partnership with the Central Intelligence Agency and In-Q-Tel.
Under the partnership, IQT will provide the Department's research and engineering enterprise access to its global technology-scouting platform and portfoli...