New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Defence Ministry on Tuesday said that DRDO has successfully completed the final deliverable configuration development trials of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 in Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Air modes at DRDO test range near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh complimented DRDO, PSUs, Defence-cum-Production partners and industry for the successful development trials of ULPGM-V3 in Air-to-Ground mode for anti-tank role …
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New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) India has achieved a path-breaking milestone in the development of hypersonic missiles by successfully conducting an extensive long-duration test of its Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjet Combustor.A run-time of over 1,200 seconds was achieved at the state-of-the-art Scramjet Connect Pipe Test (SCPT) Facility in Hyderabad on Saturday, building upon the earlier successful test of over 700 seconds conducted in January this year, according to the Defence Research and Devel…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully conducted the maiden flight-trial of Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA) weapon off the coast of Odisha, it was announced on Friday.TARA, the modular range extension kit, is India’s first indigenous glide weapon system to convert unguided warheads into precision guided weapons, according to a Defence Ministry statement.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulate…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) DRDO Chairman and Secretary, Department of Defence (R&D), Samir V. Kamat, on Saturday unveiled Advanced Armoured Platforms (Tracked and Wheeled), designed and developed by the Vehicles Research and Development Establishment, an official said. Speaking at the event organised at DRDO’s laboratory in Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra, Kamat said, “The Indian Army has tough specifications, so we have to meet them. This platform has to operate in deserts as well as in high-alt…
Visakhapatnam, April 3 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday laid the foundation stone of a state-of-the-art Large Cavitation Tunnel (LCT) facility at the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL) of the DRDO in Visakhapatnam, an official said. The facility will significantly enhance India’s naval research and testing capabilities, marking a major step towards achieving technological self-reliance, said an official statement.Addressing scientists, researchers, and personnel a…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday complimented Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the successful flight test of Third Generation Fire and Forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) with top attack capability, an official said on Monday.The missile was flight-tested successfully against a moving target in KK Ranges, Ahilya Nagar, Maharashtra, by DRDO’s Defence Research & Development Laboratory, Hyderabad, on Sunday, the offici…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday joined the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the DRDO and Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) for research, training and technology support for defence and internal security, an official said.The MoU between Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and RRU signed promises to foster collaboration in the areas of education, capacity-building and technology gap assessment, said an official statement.T…