DRDO’s First High-Value Deep-Tech Deal 🚀 | 20 mK Quantum Refrigerator | Current Affairs

DRDO signed its first high-value deep-tech agreement under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) with Zero mK India to develop which critical quantum infrastructure?
✅ Answer: A 20 mK Dilution Refrigerator ❄️⚛️
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) signed its first high-value deep-tech project agreement under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme with Zero mK India Private Limited, an Alwar-based startup in Rajasthan, for the indigenous development of a 20 millikelvin (mK) dilution refrigerator for quantum applications. The agreement was signed in New Delhi on 24 September 2026. Press Information Bureau
🔑 Key Points:
– 🏢 Organisation: DRDO
– 💡 Scheme: Technology Development Fund (TDF)
– 🚀 Startup: Zero mK India Pvt. Ltd.
– ⚛️ Technology: 20 mK Dilution Refrigerator
– 🌡️ Temperature: 20 millikelvin
– 💰 TDF deep-tech corpus: ₹500 crore
– 🧊 Dilution refrigerators are specialised cryogenic systems used to achieve extremely low temperatures.
– 🖥️ Such ultra-low temperatures are important for quantum computing and other quantum technologies.
– 🇮🇳 The project aims to strengthen India’s indigenous quantum and advanced cryogenic capabilities and reduce dependence on imported systems. Press Information Bureau
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