Mike Hayduk, Deputy Director of the Information Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory, sits down with Yuval Boger to discuss the Air Force's comprehensive quantum strategy across computing, sensing, communications, and timing technologies. Hayduk explains how seven of AFRL's nine technology directorates are engaged in quantum information science research, with roughly 40 government employees and equal numbers of contractors working across these areas alongside numerous international partners. He discusses the organization's approach to quantum computing, which focuses on leveraging commercial architectures and NISQ-era technologies rather than building hardware in-house, along with the emerging importance of post-quantum cryptography to Air Force operations. The conversation covers AFRL's view of technology maturity levels across different quantum applications and much more.

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