Indian Army's Quantum Lab at Military College in MP will spearhead research, training: Ministry of Defence

The Indian Army is trying to make the most of modern technology through its novel initiative. Of let, it has made progressive steps in this direction with the launch of new programmes.

Recently, it has established the Quantum Lab at Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow (MP) MCTE to spearhead research and training in this key developing field.

It was done with support from the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS).

“The Indian Army is making steady, yet significant strides in the field of emerging technology domains. Gen MM Naravane, the Chief of Army Staff was briefed on the facility during his recent visit to Mhow,” a press release from the Ministry of Defence said.

It added, “Indian Army has also established an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centre at the same institution with over 140 deployments in forwarding areas and active support of industry and academia. Training on cyber warfare is being imparted through a state of art cyber range, and cyber security labs. Ideation for Army's involvement in Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations was done in a seminar on Electromagnetic Spectrum and National Security organised in October last year. Since then, an impetus has been given to Indian Army’s Technology Institutions for investing in AI, Quantum and Cyber.”

The research in the area of Quantum Technology will help achieve next-generation communication. It will also transform the current system of cryptography in the Indian Armed Forces to Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC).

“Key thrust areas are Quantum Key Distribution, Quantum Communication, Quantum Computing and Post Quantum Cryptography,” the release said.