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Machine-generated summaryThe German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Stuttgart has awarded a contract for a complete entanglement-based quantum key distribution (QKD) system with two point-to-point links and the option to connect to the Ulm urban quantum network. The system consists of one transmitter node (Alice) and two receiver nodes (Bob 1 and Bob 2) and must allow key exchange between all three parties, for example via key forwarding. It will support research at the DLR Institute of Quantum Technologies into photonic quantum network hardware, secure communication and network applications. The contract was awarded to Quantum Optics Jena GmbH, with the award date given as 2026-07-24.
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