IonQ Full Platform Critical As President Trump Announces AI Force Ahead of China’s Xi’s Arrival in DC
Published in the week of Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington · 24 September 2026 An IonQ Solution for the AI Force — and the China Quantum Stakes Behind the Xi Summit Part One: what can be contracted now, and what the same platform becomes by 2030. Part Two: China’s Quantum Conversion Machine — Beijing’s view of AI escalation, its quantum build-out, the Russian channel, and the Alliance. Compute, Key Distribution, Trusted Fabrication, Timing and Reach — and Why Post-Quantum Migration Is the Baseline They Sit With, Not the Product They Replace Prepared by: Friends of IonQ Quantum Technology Integration Series This paper makes the case for an IonQ solution to the critical-infrastructure and federal security jobs already named in EO 14409 and EO 14412. It sets out what can be contracted from IonQ today and what its published roadmap adds by 2030. It gives the checklist on which that case should be tested (§5.2). It appears as Xi Jinping arrives in Washington with AI on the agenda, both...