EuroQCI 1st Generation: System Concept and Preliminary System Definition (Phase A/B1) plus Security Assessment of EU27 Terrestrial QKD Solutions

Published

21 April 2026

Place of performance

NL363

Lots

1

Notice number

00270502-2026

Official source

Official source

CPV codes

• 32412100Red de telecomunicaciones

Description

The objective of the activity is to define a preliminary EuroQCI 1st Generation system design compliant with the mission goals, objectives and requirements (proposed by ESA and approved by the EC) within the technical and schedule constraints, including those imposed by SAGA and especially NatQCIs trading-off different options based on a cost-benefit analysis. In terms of level of detail and maturity of the design, the activity will provide consolidated system and system’s components technical and security specifications—with special focus on the orchestrator and the interface and integration with the terrestrial component, while relying on ESA’s SAGA mission as the baseline space component—and will baseline the design specification and interfaces of the components’ constituent elements (excluding SAGA’s) such as trusted nodes of the terrestrial component or software modules of theorchestrator. The activity will also design and implement a reference and validation environment with the necessary tools to validate and verify the feasibility and suitability of the specifications and compliance of the design(s). As per ECSS, the activity will conclude with EuroQCI 1st Generation’s Syst…

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Who is the buyer of this tender?

The contracting authority is European Space Agency (European Union).