UK SBS PR19106 SPEQTRE Spacecraft Platform and Software
What the buyer wrote
The project called "Speqtre" formerly known as "QKD QubeSat" is a collaboration between the Singapore and UK (BEIS) governments, and could lead to a more secure online activity for consumers in everything from financial transactions to online conversations. The project scope is to build and fly a satellite quantum key distribution (QKD) test bed. Through this collaboration, Singapore and the UK will co-develop a satellite called "Speqtre"", a satellite based on the CubeSat standard that will use a pioneering QKD technology to test the secure distribution of cryptographic keys over globe-spanning distances. Quantum Key Distribution provides an alternative that can be seamlessly integrated ont…
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- UK SBS PR19106 SPEQTRE Spacecraft Platform and Software
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- goods
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 27 Nov 2020
- Work ends
- 30 Nov 2023
Who the buyer named
Rebecca Fish was the named contact on this notice.