Author: Stephan Laschet

Within the scope of the DISCRETION project, as the last showcase in Vienna within the project, the KMS was showcased at the BMLV. Together with the Cipher machines developed within the scope of DISCRETION, the showcase featured the KMS in a three node deployment.

As part of the DISCRETION project, the AIT-KMS was showcased at the defense fair FEINDEF in Madrid. The KMS integrated a mesh network of QKD devices by the university of Aveiro and provided end-to-end keys to Software Defined Radios (SDR) and military grade cipher machines. It also integrated with the SDN solution by the Universidad…

In its most complex showcase outside its home network in Vienna, the KMS performed and supported a remarkable demo setup at the QCI-Days Athens 2025. Together with the engineers of HellasQCI and EuroQCI Spain, a complex QKD Network was showcased featuring different applications and technologies, across three domains.

Another successful demonstration of the QKD- KMS named AURORA within the scope of the DISCRETION project.

Within the scope of the eCAUSIS project the AIT KMS was tested in the laboratory of Creotech. Additionally a lot of hands on technical topics were discussed and evaluated to ensure the success of the eCAUSIS project.

Yet another successful showcase of the AIT QKD-KMS technology at the “1. Fachtagung KIRAS und Kybernet Pass (KuK) Sicherheitsforschung 2024” in Vienna within the QCI-CAT precursor project QKD4GOV. This time the three node setup was composed of one Quantum Optics Jena link and one Think Quantum link, serving keys to the AIT QKD-KMS layer. The…

Within the scope of the DISCRETION project the KMS was showcased for the Test Readiness Review (TRR) milestone. Representatives of the European Commission, Portugiese Navy and Portugiese National Security Office (GNS). The KMS was demonstrated and further integrated with the SDN.

The QKD-KMS by AIT took part in the “mini EuroQCI” tech demo on 3 days during the ECOC exhibition organized by the PETRUS project. The QKD-KMS by AIT was responsible to implement the KMS layer of the “Austrian” QKD Domain.

Within the scope of the DISCRETION project the KMS was showcased in a tech-demo to NATO and member state representatives. The demo consisted of multiple interacting components with the KMS as one central element interfacing with most of them. The focus of the demo was to highlight two use-cases in a military environment 1. QKD…