BT Group
Company · London
BT runs London's quantum-secured metro network trial with Toshiba and led the AIRQKD and QAssure QKD projects from its Adastral Park research campus.
Completed Consortium
QAssure
A BT-led consortium developing ways to assure the security and reliability of quantum key distribution systems.
Project data last updated 11 October 2026
About this project
QAssure ran from May 2024 to March 2026. Assurance gives users confidence that a technology meets its requirements, which matters before it is used in critical systems such as finance or health.
The project brought quantum key distribution developers together with cyber security specialists, researchers and an end user, HSBC.
Lead organisation
Partners (8)
HSBC
Investor · London
KETS Quantum Security
Company · Bristol
King's College London
University · London
Loughborough University
University · Loughborough
nodeQ
Company · York
NPL
Research organisation · Teddington
Toshiba Europe
Company · Cambridge
University of Bristol
University · Bristol
Funders
Innovate UK
Funder · Swindon
In the news
Quantum Zeitgeist articles naming the lead organisation or partners. They may not be about this project.
Researchers Simulate Molecules Using Ten Thousand Qubits, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
Achieving complete quantum simulations once required resources beyond current capabilities; now, calculations previously intractable are possible using approximately ten thousand physical qubits. This new compilation framework estimates end-to-end runtimes, from 102 milliseconds on photonic or super
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New Quantum Spintronics Center Launches with German-Korean Ties, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
The Max Planck-Korea-PSI Center for Quantum Emergent Spintronics, KOMQUEST, officially began operations September 13, 2026, uniting six institutions to advance spin-based technologies.
Image © Quantum Zeitgeist
Bristol and NQCC launch intensive quantum computing courses, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
The NQCC and University of Bristol offer two intensive, six-week online programs in quantum information and computation, ideal for STEM professionals.
Image © Quantum Zeitgeist
Manchester physicists use AI to predict UK air quality, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
David Topping and Hao Zhang, physicists at the University of Manchester, applied NVIDIA Earth-2 AI to forecast UK air quality—a factor in 30,000 annual deaths.
Image © Quantum Zeitgeist
Sources
- Gateway to Research: QAssure (gtr.ukri.org)
- nodeQ: nodeQ part of the QAssure project funded by Innovate UK (nodeq.io)
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