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C-DOT MoU on drone-based QKD

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: C-DOT MoU on drone-based QKD (GS3 · Quantum, 12 May 2025)

What happened

  • C-DOT signed an MoU with Synergy Quantum to develop drone-based QKD using BB84 [PIB].

Background

  • Target TRL 6 or above [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Mobile quantum links.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Science and technology: IT, computers, robotics, indigenisation

  1. As per PIB (2025-05-12): C-DOT signed an MoU with Synergy Quantum to develop drone-based QKD using BB84.
  2. Mobile quantum links.
Quotable data point

C-DOT signed an MoU with Synergy Quantum to develop drone-based QKD using BB84.

PIB: C-DOT QKD MoU, 12 May 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: BB84.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

QKD protocol used

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerQuantum Computing: Qubits, Superposition and Entanglement, Applications, Quantum Communication and India’s National Quantum Mission (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: C-DOT QKD MoU, 12 May 2025

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