The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has signed its first high-value deep-tech project agreement with a start-up, tying up with Zero mK India Private Limited for the indigenous development of a dilution refrigerator for quantum applications.
The agreement, signed between the Technology Development Fund (TDF) director and the Alwar, Rajasthan-based start-up, is the first project under the Rs 500-crore corpus approved by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for deep-tech and cutting-edge technologies, the defence ministry said in a statement.