Agreement between U.S. and UK Governments on Technology Collaboration for Growth and Innovation
The United States and the United Kingdom have expressed a mutual interest in enhancing science and technology cooperation, aiming to usher in a new era of innovation. This collaboration, as outlined in a signed Memorandum of Understanding, focuses on strategic disciplines such as artificial intelligence (AI), civil nuclear, fusion, and quantum technologies.
One of the key objectives of this partnership is to secure and scale private capital towards the development of advanced critical technologies. The countries also aim to ensure research security in critical and emerging technology research and development.
In the realm of quantum technologies, the participants plan to advance trusted, interoperable standards and accelerate quantum sensing from lab to deployment by pursuing joint research collaborations. They also intend to establish a U.S.-UK benchmarking taskforce for quantum computing hardware, software, and algorithms.
The partnership also extends to the field of AI. The participants aim to harness AI and high-performance computing to accelerate quantum algorithm development. They also intend to create a U.S.-UK Quantum Industry Exchange Program to spur adoption across defense, health, finance, and energy. Furthermore, they plan to launch a transatlantic Quantum Code Challenge to discover and deploy breakthrough quantum algorithms.
The participants also intend to establish joint Flagship Research programs between their science agencies, including collaborating on the development of models and datasets in mutual priorities such as AI for biotechnology, precision medicine, and fusion energy.
In addition, the countries affirm a common desire to collaborate on science and technology matters that produce tangible benefits for their citizens. To this end, they plan to pursue collaborative initiatives in the areas of advanced nuclear reactors, advanced nuclear fuels, and fusion energy.
The collaboration also includes efforts to improve timing resilience and expand partnership in telecommunications innovation and supply chain resilience, including 6G-relevant technologies. The participants also recognize the benefits of closer strategic cooperation, citing their complementarity, trusted security and defense partnerships, pro-innovation legal and regulatory regimes, deep-rooted expertise in disruptive technologies, and the benefits of closer strategic cooperation.
Lastly, the participants intend to enhance cooperation on initiatives to improve timing resilience and expand their partnership in telecommunications innovation and supply chain resilience, including 6G-relevant technologies. They also plan to collaborate closely in the build-out of powerful AI infrastructure, facilitate research community access to compute, support the creation of new scientific data sets, and harness their expertise in metrology and evaluations to enable adoption and advance their collective security.
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