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Quantinuum partners with Rolls-Royce on quantum computing research in Colorado
ColoradoBiz Staff //July 15, 2026//
Quantinuum partners with Rolls-Royce on quantum computing research in Colorado
ColoradoBiz Staff //July 15, 2026//
In Brief:
- Quantinuum signs multi-year research agreement with rolls-royce
- Rolls-royce contributes industrial design applications
- Riverlane provides quantum error correction expertise
- Epcc integrates quantum and high-performance computing
BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Quantinuum has entered a multi-year research agreement with Rolls-Royce, Riverlane and the University of Edinburgh‘s EPCC to study how quantum computing could be used in industrial design and simulation, including gas turbine development.
Under the agreement, Quantinuum will provide access to its quantum computing systems and software. Rolls-Royce will contribute industrial design applications, Riverlane will provide expertise in quantum error correction and algorithms, and EPCC will focus on integrating quantum and high-performance computing workflows.
The partners will study whether fault-tolerant quantum computers can work alongside supercomputers to improve computational fluid dynamics simulations used in gas turbine design, a process that requires significant computing resources.
“The computing demands of simulating complex fluid dynamics are a major challenge in industrial design,” Quantinuum President and CEO Rajeeb Hazra said. “This collaboration will help develop and test the hybrid quantum-classical algorithms needed for future industrial applications.”
The collaborators plan to test quantum algorithms on Quantinuum’s Helios quantum computer and evaluate how they could scale to future systems under development.
The project builds on previous work by Rolls-Royce, Riverlane and EPCC to develop algorithms and error correction methods for industrial quantum computing.
“Applications development is a multi-year activity and if we want to be in a position to benefit from teraQuOp devices, we have to start now, co-developing the algorithms, hardware and software,” said Leigh Lapworth, a computational science fellow at Rolls-Royce.
Quantinuum is headquartered in Broomfield and develops quantum computing hardware and software for commercial, government and research applications.
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