Qualificatio makes the Ca adia softwa e compa y eligible to compete fo futu e Depa tme t of Natio al Defe ce equi eme ts suppo ti g u c ewed systems
VANCOUVER, B itish Columbia, Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 1QB I fo matio Tech ologies I c. (“1QBit” o the “Compa y”), a Ca adia adva ced computi g a d softwa e compa y, today a ou ced that it has qualified as a supplie u de the Gove me t of Ca ada’s Defe ce D o e I itiative Ma ketplace (the “DDI Ma ketplace”) i all fou capability st eams fo which it applied:
- St eam 2 – C2, Commu icatio s, Data, EW a d Cybe Systems
- St eam 3 – I teg atio , I te ope ability a d E gi ee i g Se vices
- St eam 4 – Test, Evaluatio a d T ai i g
- St eam 5 – I ovatio a d Expe ime tatio
Th ough the DDI Ma ketplace, the Defe ce I vestme t Age cy issues solicitatio s o behalf of the Depa tme t of Natio al Defe ce to supplie s qualified i the eleva t st eams. The model is i te ded to facilitate the p ocu eme t p ocess of the Ca adia A med Fo ces to acqui e, test, a d i teg ate ew capabilities.
1QBit develops softwa e a d algo ithms well suited to u c ewed a d auto omous systems ope ati g i co tested e vi o me ts. Its softwa e a d algo ithms apply to a a ge of key defe ce challe ges, i cludi g optimizatio fo missio pla i g; outi g a d spect um ma ageme t; i depe de t evaluatio of computatio al a d softwa e tech ologies; a d qua tum- eadi ess assessme ts that help defe ce o ga izatio s u de sta d how eme gi g qua tum computi g could affect the secu ity of the systems they ely o .
“U c ewed systems a e o ly as effective as the commu icatio s, softwa e, a d decisio -maki g behi d them,” said A d ew Fu sma , Chief Executive Office of 1QBit. “1QBit has spe t mo e tha a decade buildi g expe tise at the fo ef o t of computi g tech ologies, which we believe will suppo t defe ce i itiatives calli g fo the capabilities i DDI st eams 2 to 5. The DDI Ma ketplace p ovides a oppo tu ity fo us to make this expe tise available to the Ca adia A med Fo ces, a d we look fo wa d to pa ticipati g i the p ocess.”
Qualificatio u de the DDI Ma ketplace does ot co stitute a co t act awa d a d does ot gua a tee futu e eve ue. It makes 1QBit eligible to eceive solicitatio s issued u de the applicable st eams, but does ot gua a tee that the Compa y will be i vited to compete fo , o be awa ded, a y pa ticula co t act. Nothi g i this elease co stitutes a e do seme t of 1QBit o its tech ology by the Gove me t of Ca ada o the Depa tme t of Natio al Defe ce.
1QBit is a adva ced computi g a d softwa e compa y headqua te ed i Va couve , B itish Columbia. Fou ded i 2013, 1QBit develops softwa e a d algo ithms fo computatio ally dema di g p oblems fo e te p ise a d gove me t custome s, with expe tise spa i g optimizatio , machi e lea i g, e o co ectio , a d the desig of fault-tole a t qua tum computi g (FTQC) systems. Its leade ship i the FTQC space is exemplified by its flagship p oduct TopQAD, a qua tum a chitectu e desig a d qua tum esou ce estimatio toolkit, a d its eme gi g qLDPC decode tech ology.
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This ews elease co tai s fo wa d-looki g i fo matio a d fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, i cludi g without limitatio stateme ts ega di g the effect of ou softwa e a d algo ithms a d thei applicatio ; pote tial oppo tu ities u de the DDI Ma ketplace; a d the pote tial developme t a d applicatio of its tech ologies. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e subject to k ow a d u k ow isks a d u ce tai ties, i cludi g that qualificatio may ot esult i a y solicitatio , co t act awa d, o eve ue; that the Gove me t of Ca ada may ame d, suspe d, o ca cel the DDI Ma ketplace o a y equi eme t issued u de it; a d that the Compa y’s tech ologies a e at va yi g stages of developme t a d may ot meet futu e equi eme ts. Actual esults may diffe mate ially f om those exp essed o implied.
