QBN proudly announces the establishment of the Working Group Quantum Technologies for Defence & Security (WG QDS), a strategic initiative to accelerate quantum innovation and adoption within the defence and security sector.
As global geopolitical tensions rise, maintaining strategic superiority through deep-tech innovation has never been more critical. Quantum technologies—including quantum communication and cryptography, quantum sensing, and quantum computing—are poised to revolutionize secure communications, encryption, simulation, optimization, machine learning, and advanced sensing. These breakthroughs offer national militaries and defence alliances such as NATO an unparalleled strategic and operational edge.
The aim of QBN’s WG QDS is to achieve Quantum Readiness in the Defence & Security sector, ensuring strategic superiority and operational benefit, while paving the way for broader economic and societal impact as quantum technologies become commercially available.
WG QDS will accelerate quantum innovation and adoption by:
- developing realistic roadmaps with clear product-to-capability alignment.
- promoting collaboration and SME participation.
- connecting strategic initiatives with operational stakeholders.
- bridging the gap between high-level policy and practical implementation.
Together with the defence industry, quantum community, defence ministries, government organizations, and alliances, WG QDS will define real defence challenges and explore pathways for adoption, ensuring deployability and scalability through co-development, testing, piloting, and integration into existing systems.
Chairs of the QBN’s Working Group are Matija Matoković, CEO at M-Tech Advisory and Marius Schöndorf, Technology Lead Quantum Computing, BWI.
“We need to break the perception that quantum is in the realm of hypothetical and too complicated to be useful. Adopting quantum means investing resources in use case exploration and platform development today. I am convinced that our QBN Working Group can move the ecosystem in the right direction.” stated Matija Matoković, CEO of M-Tech Advisory.
„In the realm of quantum computing, it is crucial that we address key challenges from integration with classical compute resources to the identification of impactful use cases, already today. The QBN working group will help connect end users with the broader quantum ecosystem, enabling all stakeholders to prepare collectively for the advent of widely deployed quantum computers.“ said Marius Schöndorf, Technology Lead Quantum Computing at BWI.
QBN invites defence industry leaders, quantum technology innovators, SMEs, and government stakeholders to join the WG QDS and actively shape the future of defence and security in the quantum era.
Contact us to get involved: https://qbn.world/home/contact/
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About the WG Chairs
Matija Matoković, former Deputy Head of Innovation at NATO and author of NATO’s Quantum Technologies Strategy, is Strategic Advisor and senior executive with a proven track record in shaping the geopolitics of deep tech, particularly in the domains of security and defence, with a specialised focus on quantum technologies. Recognized for leading NATO’s quantum file, he is building transatlantic partnerships and aligning deep tech policy with security imperatives, industry and funding needs.
As Advisor, Matija is translating deep tech policy issues related to technology development, scientific challenges and funding needs between North American, NATO and EU structures, with the ability to identify cooperation opportunities through both institutional and non-traditional platforms.
Dr. Marius Schöndorf studied theoretical physics at Saarland University. He has been working in the field of quantum computing for more than ten years, beginning with his Bachelor’s and Master’s studies and continuing through his PhD in the group of Prof. Frank Wilhelm-Mauch. Before joining BWI, he was part of the German quantum computing R&D team at Eviden (formerly Atos), where he focused on quantum software development, integrating quantum computers into HPC environments and identifying future use cases.
In his current role as Technology Lead for Quantum Computing at BWI, the IT system house of the German Armed Forces, he is responsible for assessing and evaluating the future value of quantum computing.
