Category: showcase
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QCI-CAT closing event
At the QCI-CAT closing event, the AURORA KMS by AIT was showcased with all the technology developed and integrated during one of the major European projects pushing the limits of what QKD networks can do. Beyond that, it was a great opportunity to interact with relevant stakeholders.
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AIT KMS and QKD expertes at ADIC 2026
AIT participated at the Austrian Defence Innovation Conference (ADIC) 2026 by the Austrian Ministry of Defence (BMLV) with KMS and QKD experts and contributed to the Challenges and Hackathon track. They succeeded in the ambitious plan to run a QKD network, analyze it for common vulnerabilities and pitch an innovative project to bring QKD Networks to…
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AURORA KMS tested with free space QKD link and in the MuQuaNet
As part of the Anquor Project the AURORA KMS was successfully integrated with the free space link of Airbus and the Munich Quantum Network (MuQuaNet) operated by the University of the Bundeswehr Munich. AIT contributed with one more ThinkQuantum link and of course the AURORA KMS.
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AURORA KMS at IT-SA 2025
As part of the Advantage Austria booth AIT showcased the AURORA KMS for Quantum key distribution networks.
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AURORA KMS showcased at Vienna Quantum Tech Days
The Vienna Quantum Tech Days were held in the historical town hall of Vienna. Since most QKD equipment was either still in at the ECOC 2025 or on their way to IT-SA 2025, this showcase was a bit smaller.
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AURORA KMS showcased at ECOC 2025 for Petrus
The Petrus project organized just as 2024 and 2023 a big EuroQCI showcase and AIT participated with showcasing the AURORA KMS and SDN suite. Further the experts at AIT were heavily involved in the technical planning and designing the system architecture modeled as EuroQCI alongside the colleagues of UPM and HDA.
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KMS showcased at IDSF Vienna
The KMS was showcased at the International Digital Security Forum (IDSF) 2025 in Vienna. This showcase accompanied the talks throughout the 3 days, but was especially supporting Qunatum technology held on the first day.
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Discretion project final review
The DISCRETION project was concluded successfully in time. It was one of the projects that substantially contributed to the success of the KMS research and development efforts at AIT. The team thanks the competent consortium and highly skilled individual researchers with whom we had the pleasure to work together. As a treat the final presentation…
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KMS showcased at BMLV Vienna
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.
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KMS showcased at FEINDEF Madrid
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…