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DRDO Successfully Tests Quantum Key Distribution Platform in Live Network
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News18•14-10-2026, 11:15
DRDO Successfully Tests Quantum Key Distribution Platform in Live Network
- •DRDO successfully configured and tested a Quantum Key Distribution platform in the live network of dynamic test ranges at Proof & Experimental Establishment, Chandipur.
- •The technology aims to fortify real-time critical observations and telemetry associated with artillery and armoured weapon tests.
- •Developed under the MCC cluster of DRDO with production partner Taqbit labs, QKD offers unconditional security and eavesdropping detection.
- •Quantum communication provides fundamentally unbreakable encryption for strategic sectors including defence, finance, and telecommunications.
- •Free-space QKD eliminates the need to lay disruptive and expensive optical fibers in challenging terrains.
Key Questions Answered
The DRDO successfully configured and tested the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) platform in the live network of the dynamic test ranges at the Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE) in Chandipur.
The QKD platform was designed and developed under the Microelectronic Devices, Computational Systems & Cyber Security (MCC) cluster of DRDO in collaboration with its production partner, Taqbit labs.
The test demonstrates the adept use case of QKD to fortify real-time critical observations and telemetry associated with artillery and armoured weapon tests and evaluations.
