Cybersecurity
Cutting-edge technologies delivering quantum-encryption cybersecurity solutions for ground-based and space-based optical telecommunications systems
Fiber and free-space QKD
QRNG devices
Quantum communication
Officina Stellare develops quantum-encryption technologies for ground- and space-based optical telecommunications — the smallest segment by revenue, but the one with the highest innovation content and the clearest line to the Group’s future.
Weight in the Group:
5% of 2025 PF Value of Production — €5.3m (the smallest segment, but the highest in technological/innovation content)
What it does:
Quantum-encryption technologies for ground- and space-based optical telecommunications.
Key products/technologies
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Technology forOptical Fiber Telecommunications
Ground-based systems used for seamless integration of quantum secure communication in classical fiber networks
QKD Networking
Advanced software including Key Management System (KMS) and Software Defined Network (SDN) for complex quantum networks
QKD for Space Communication:Optical Ground Stations and Satellite Terminals
Quantum payloads for satellites and quantum receivers for optical ground stations (OGS)
Notable programs/partnerships
Spin-offs ThinKQuantum (University of Padua) and Dynamic Optics (CNR-IFN); “Quantum System for polarization-based internet networking” project with EIC Transition and the European Innovation Council; Additive Manufacturing for Optical Spacecraft (AMOS) with TFI, CISAS, Innse Berardi.
Market trends
Exponential growth in global data needs requiring highly secure communication; convergence of laser communication and quantum technologies — still a small segment, but identified as the Group’s future innovation engine.
Content angle
An R&D-intensive area, built around “technological frontier” storytelling and the Group’s role as an incubator for university spin-offs — fewer numbers, more vision.