A tiny, milk-carton-sized experiment soon to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) could represent the future of communications, enabling quantum computers to communicate with each ...

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Over a month ago, Japan’s HTV3 cargo carrier launched atop a Japanese H-II rocket delivering an innovative software-defined radio experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). This new ISS ...

DARPA has selected Germany-based Mynaric to create an architectural design for the experimental laser communication terminals called for by the agency’s Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The international space station shoots a laser toward a satellite, which is relaying it back down to earth. Early next month, ...

WASHINGTON — Global communications company Viasat announced Feb. 29 it has signed an agreement with defense prime contractor Northrop Grumman to support an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) ...

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Figure 1: Schematic of a quantum key distribution system. The transmitter (Alice) and receiver (Bob) generate composable keys by transmitting quantum states over an insecure quantum channel, ...

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It’s been quite a year for laser communications in space. In October and November, NASA launched two pioneering demonstrations to test high-bandwidth optical communication links, and these tech demos ...