Editorial note
Phase 2 adds free-space optical links, quantum frequency converters and automated control-plane software to the Rome, New York network, but the release states the $7.5 million was contemplated within the originally announced $21.1 million and is not a supplemental award. Counting it as a new grant would double-count government capital, the same error this site guards against with syndicated financing reports. The technical substance worth following is interoperability between unlike quantum systems over standard telecom fibre and open air.
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