MagiQ Technologies, Inc., or MagiQ, is an American technology development company headquartered in
Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville ( ) is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a total population of 81, ...
. Established in 1999, it announced the availability of the world's first commercial
quantum key distribution
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a secure communication method that implements a cryptographic protocol involving components of quantum mechanics. It enables two parties to produce a shared random secret key known only to them, which then can b ...
product (Navajo) in 2003. Additional QKD systems (QPN 5505, QPN 7505, and QPN 8505) were released in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Originally developed for the U.S. Navy, MagiQ’s Clear Spectrum Recovery and Agile Interference Mitigation System hardware provide advanced interference cancelation for high-noise RF environments across a wide spectrum of frequencies.
Currently, MagiQ is developing enhanced fiber optical technology to focus on cost-effective, accurate and durable seismic monitoring for energy industry and government customers. Its GeoLite sensor arrays are both more durable and more accurate than traditional multi-component geophones and Distributed Acoustic Sensors. Its government customers include
DARPA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military. Originally known as the Adva ...
, the
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft ...
,
NASA
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, and the
U.S. Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear we ...
.
Awards
* 2004 Scientific American 50
*IEEE Spectrum “10 Tech Companies for the Next 10 Years” 2004
*World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2004
[https://members.weforum.org/pdf/TechPioneers/apax04.pdf]
See also
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Quantum key distribution
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a secure communication method that implements a cryptographic protocol involving components of quantum mechanics. It enables two parties to produce a shared random secret key known only to them, which then can b ...
*
Quantum Cryptography
Quantum cryptography is the science of exploiting quantum mechanical properties to perform cryptographic tasks. The best known example of quantum cryptography is quantum key distribution, which offers an information-theoretically secure soluti ...
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Seismic array
A seismic array is a system of linked seismometers arranged in a regular geometric pattern (cross, circle, rectangular etc.) to increase sensitivity to earthquake and explosion detection. A seismic array differs from a local network of seismic st ...
References
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Technology companies of the United States
Technology companies established in 1999
Technology companies based in Massachusetts
1999 establishments in Massachusetts