Positioning industry in expected growth niches, Spain contracts Sener to build quantum key distribution satellite to launch

by Peter B. de Selding

PARIS — Spanish engineering services provider Sener will build a small quantum-key-distribution satellite to launch in 2026 under a 20-month contract valued at 18 million euros ($20 million) with Spain’s Centre for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI), part of Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

The contract follows a Sener-led Phase 1 technology evaluation. CDTI is using funds from Spain’s PERTE Aerospace fund, part of the European Union’s Recovery and Resiliency Facility, a multibillion-euro . . .

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