Quantum News Briefs: January 18, 2023: Purdue University Connected Company Quantum Research Sciences receives U.S. Air Force’s first Quantum Computing Phase III contract; Mitsui will invest in Quantinuum and sign a distributorship agreement for marketing in Japan and Asia-Pacific; D-Wave Names Kirstjen Nielsen, Former Secretary of Homeland Security, to Board of Directors; US users rush in as China opens its top quantum computer Origin Wukong to the world, state media reports; and MORE! - Inside Quantum Technology