New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has signed the first high-value deep tech project agreement with the Industry (Start-up) Zero mK India Private Limited towards a collaborative effort for indigenous development of a 20 mK Dilution Refrigerator for Quantum Applications.

As per the official release from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the signing of the agreement took place between the Director, TDF, and Zero mK India Private Limited, Alwar, Rajasthan, in New Delhi. It is the first high-value agreement under the Rs 500 crore corpus, which was earlier approved by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh for deep-tech and cutting-edge projects.

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