DRDO Tests a Quantum Key Distribution Platform on the Live Network of the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Chandipur, 14 October 2026, to Secure Artillery and Armored Weapon Trial Telemetry

On October 14, 2026, India's DRDO announced that it had configured and tested a quantum key distribution platform on the live network of the dynamic test ranges at its Proof and Experimental Establishment at Chandipur, with Taqbit Labs as production partner, to protect the real-time observations and telemetry of artillery and armored weapon trials. The posture is defensive, the readiness is TRL 7 after July 2026 military field trials, and the public file still lacks node count, distance, sustained key rate and an independent evaluation, the four questions the UK NCSC raises when it declines QKD for government use.