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‘Don’t try to build a whole new drone:’ How one Ukrainian wartime startup got into quantum encryption — and the West

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Himera is one of Ukraine 's first startups born in response to Russia 's 2022 invasion to get a shot with the world’s biggest armies.

With thousands of Ukrainian soldiers already using their handheld comms devices, NATO is tuning in.

Himera will get a new layer of encryption that will guard their devices against the impending arrival of quantum computing on the battlefield.

Himera is one of 17 firms in NATO ’s DIANA defense tech accelerator program.

Himera 's G1Pro radios are five to ten times less expensive than most tactical radios on the market today .

The U.S. Air Force's Research Lab is currently testing the radios and is expected to release a report in about a month .