Aimed at edge devices and cloud computing, the quantum encryption technology uses a federated system concept and is dubbed the Federated Quantum System (FQS).
News of the consortium emerged from the recent G7 Conference in Cornwall and the countries represented in the consortium comprise the UK, USA, Japan, Canada, Italy, Belgium, and Austria.
Other commercial partners named include BT, Sumitomo Corporation, Northrop Grumman, Leonardo, QinetiQ Space N.V., qtlabs and Honeywell.
The system uses satellites to distribute quantum keys to the data centres involved. The keys are delivered using a patented protocol called ARQ19, and is claimed to overcome the problems preventing the adoption of Satellite Quantum Key Distribution (QKD).
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) was among those welcoming the announcement of the consortium – FQS has been developed with support from the agency, through its National Space Innovation Programme.
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