Senators seek to boost military spending on quantum computing By (0) IBM's prototype quantum computer is on display at a 2018 trade show in Las Vegas. File Photo by James Atoa/UPI | License Photo Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., is sponsoring legislation for more military spending on quantum computing. File Pool Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI | License Photo Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is sponsoring legislation for more military spending on quantum computing. File Pool Photo by Michael Reynolds/UPI | License Photo April 16 (UPI) -- Two senators are seeking to direct a chunk of this year's defense budget to quantum computing. U.S. Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and John Thune, R-S.D., have sponsored legislation that would direct funding to the Pentagon to further development of quantum computers.