IonQ, Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) is one of the 12 Most Shorted Stocks to Buy in 2026. On March 10, the company announced a collaboration with the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS). This collaboration revolves around SEQCURE (i.e., Securing Experimental Quantum Computing Usage in Research Environments). The program is being sponsored by the Secretary of the Air Force’s Concepts, Development, and Management Office.

The collaboration focuses on advancing the present of quantum computing security. This will be done through analyzing existing commercial quantum computing security practices with the target of understanding how to deploy Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) to future quantum computers.

IonQ, Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) plans to help ARLIS in defining a ZTA framework, considering the standards placed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The collaboration builds on IonQ, Inc. (NYSE:IONQ)’s growing portfolio of federal partnerships, such as existing contracts with ARLIS, DARPA and the US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). This demonstrates the company’s leadership in developing the world’s most complete quantum platform.

We recently covered that IonQ (IONQ) achieves record 2025 growth, you can read that update here.

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