IonQ Lands Spot On $151B Missile Defense Program Ahead Of Wednesday Earnings - IonQ (NYSE:IONQ)

IonQ Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) on Monday landed a defense contract win, which comes days before a pivotal earnings report and weeks after a short seller tried to cut the stock in half.The contract falls under the Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD program, which is the procurement framework behind President Trump’s Golden Dome initiative.The total ceiling is $151 billion, but IonQ is one of more than 2,400 companies now eligible to compete for future task orders. IonQ builds quantum computers and sells access to them t ...