On May 18th, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) announced the establishment of the Washington Metropolitan Quantum Network Research Consortium (DC-QNet), “to create, demonstrate and operate a quantum network as a regional testbed.” The DC-QNet is launching based primarily on the recommendations of the “President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, or PCAST and the Subcommittee on the “American Action Plan for Global Leadership in Industries of the Future”.