IBM lands outside Boston the week of a major quantum-computing announcement

International Business Machines flew one of its Gulfstream G650ERs — tail N780RW — from its home base at Westchester County Airport in Armonk, New York, to Laurence G Hanscom Field outside Boston on June 11, 2026. The 32-minute hop touched down just after 14:27 UTC.

The trip landed the same week that International Business Machines announced its commitment to invest more than $10 billion in quantum computing over the next five years, per a company news release [newsroom.ibm.com](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-06-02-ibm-commits-more-than-10-billion-to-quantum-computing,-funding-its-roadmap-from-todays-leading-systems-to-the-worlds-first-fault-tolerant-quantum-computers). The funding is designed to accelerate the roadmap toward IBM Quantum Starling, the company's first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer, planned for 2029. International Business Machines also announced plans for Anderon, a quantum wafer foundry supported by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Hanscom Field is the nearest airport to IBM's Cambridge research lab and to client sites in the Boston biotech and defense corridor. The flight follows a pattern: International Business Machines flew from Boston back to Westchester on June 9, suggesting face-to-face meetings with researchers and partners in the region. Boston is a recurring destination for International Business Machines, home to quantum collaborations with organizations including the Cleveland Clinic and RIKEN.