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• The global quantum warfare market is experiencing a momentous surge in growth, fueled by technological breakthroughs and innovative defense applications.
• The global quantum warfare market is further bolstered by the demand for high-performance computing in the defense sector.
• Public and private sector investments play a pivotal role in propelling growth within the global quantum warfare market.
• Quantum Computing and Simulations Segment: Digital Quantum Computer, Analog Quantum Computer, Quantum Simulator
  Quantum simulators are poised to lead the market due to their demand in defense cryptography and cybersecurity applications.

• Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Blossom Point Tracking Facility (BPTF) provides command and control (C2) for the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 0 (T0) mission Launch 2.
• “NRL’s Blossom Point facility is ideally suited to solve the incredibly challenging command and control of this constellation,” said Dr. Steven Meier, director of the Naval Center for Space Technology at NRL.
• In addition to C2, NRL’s Virtual Mission Management (VMOC) is used to manage a payloads’ planning and tracking.
• VMOC is a space-qualified, government-owned, cloud-based satellite mission planning framework providing offline and real-time mission planning capabilities through a web-based system.

• The Boston University CTE Center today reported the results of the largest-ever study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in young athletes.
• The study, examining autopsied tissue, found signs of CTE in 63 out of 152 young athlete brains.
• The subjects of the study competed in youth, high school and college competitions, and all died before the age of 30.

CTE and young athletes

• However, some high-profile cases of CTE have been identified among younger athletes.
• In Australia, much-loved NRL player and coach Paul Green was 49 when he died and was later found to have CTE.
• The risk factors for young athletes are complex and multifaceted but it is likely that playing junior contact sport heightens an athlete’s risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases as an adult.
• For the athletes in the Boston University study to develop CTE before the age of 30, it is likely they were exposed to repeated brain trauma from an early age through youth sport.

Are contact sports safe for kids?

• Public health advocates in North America, Australia, New Zealand Aotearoa and the United Kingdom have long expressed concerns about the risks of contact sport for children.
• Improved oversight would go some way toward reducing the serious health risks of mild traumatic brain injury (concussion).

First steps

• To protect them from the disease, contact sporting bodies must reduce young athletes’ lifetime exposure to brain trauma.
• One way to do this would be to restrict contact in training and games for juniors.
• Some sporting bodies have already taken the initial steps.
• Australian Rules football players are restricted to modified tackling until the age of 12.
• The National Rugby League will soon implement a ban on tackling until midway through under-7s competitions.