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# ESA awards Redwire a contract to build its QKDSat quantum secure satellite
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-04-02-redwire-esa-qkdsat-contract/
- Published: 2026-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-21T12:00:08.000Z
- Description: ESA awarded US owned Redwire a contract to build its Hammerhead spacecraft, at Redwire's Belgian facility, for the QKDSat quantum key distribution demonstration under the ARTES programme; contract value was not disclosed.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Redwire press release, 2 April 2026](https://rdw.com/newsroom/redwire-awarded-contract-to-deliver-quantum-secure-spacecraft-for-european-space-agencys-qkdsat/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish the contract's value or a delivery date for the spacecraft.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. US-owned Redwire builds at Belgian site; operate-only, owner still non-European. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)