Indian Military set to own quantum communication tech, joins elite listing

The Indian Military is about to own superior quantum communication expertise, thereby becoming a member of an elite listing of countries with indigenous quantum tech. The brand new expertise will equip troops with a high-end secured defence system.

The expertise, developed by QNu Labs, a Bengaluru-based deep tech start-up, will assist in modern-day struggle fare because the communication channel created utilizing the Quantum Key Distribution (QDK) system is non-hackable, in line with the defence ministry.

“A QKD system permits the creation of a quantum-secure secret pair of symmetric keys between two finish factors, separated by a sure distance [in this case, over 150 km] in a terrestrial optical fibre infrastructure. The QKD helps create a non-hackable quantum channel for creating un-hackable encryption keys, that are used to encrypt important information/voice/video, throughout the tip factors,” the ministry stated in a press release.

After the profitable trials, the Indian Military has initiated the procurement strategy of QNu Labs’ developed QKD programs by issuing a industrial Request For Proposal (RFP), the ministry added.

Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar, buoyed by the developments, termed the innovation of indigenously QKD expertise as a “milestone achievement” in ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Kaal’ and a befitting success story of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

Like different superior militaries, the Indian Military is actively exploring this expertise as an enabler to fuse a big density of information and choice assist functionality to securely ship communication to troop leaders at numerous ranges.

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