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Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency under the Ministry of Defence. Headquartered in New Delhi, DRDO was formed in 1958 by amalgamating the Defence Science Organisation and a few technical development establishments. DRDO is India's largest research organisation. It has a network of laboratories engaged in developing defence technologies covering various fields, like aeronautics, armaments, electronics, land combat engineering, life sciences, materials, missiles, and naval systems.
 
DRDO's first project for the Indian military was in surface-to-air missiles (SAM) known as Project Indigo. However, it received little success and was therefore discontinued. Since being set up, DRDO has achieved many successes in developing major systems and critical technologies like aircraft avionics, UAVs, small arms, artillery systems, EW Systems, tanks and armoured vehicles, sonar systems, command and control systems and missile systems.
 
In March 2019, DRDO developed India's first anti-satellite system that made India one of the space superpowers. In 2016, It successfully tested its first indigenously developed heavy-duty drone, Rustom 2, which is an unmanned armed combat vehicle developed on the lines of the US's Predator drone. DRDO co-developed INS Arihant, India's first nuclear ballistic missile submarine, which became operational in 2018. Its self-ejectable black box for airplanes — BSAT — can help rescuers easily locate the debris in the event of a crash in water. DRDO has also developed several ballistic missiles under its Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, which includes missiles like Prithvi, Trishul, Agni, Akash and Nag

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It further said that the panel in its original report had also urged the DRDO to focus more on new and emerging areas of technology applications such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics for

Updated On: 17 Dec 2024 | 7:21 PM IST

India's defence strides in 2024 bring it closer to elite powers like the US, Russia, and China. Discover how groundbreaking missile tech is reshaping its nuclear deterrence and warfare edge

Updated On: 10 Dec 2024 | 4:47 PM IST

The technology has undergone extensive laboratory and field testing between 2019 and 2024, proving its efficacy across diverse conditions

Updated On: 27 Nov 2024 | 11:23 PM IST

Has India's first hypersonic missile test brought it on par with the capabilities of the US, China, and Russia? Discover the answer here

Updated On: 20 Nov 2024 | 7:06 PM IST

Delivering a missile at hypersonic speed endows it with enormous military advantages. Most contemporary cruise missiles fly to their targets at subsonic speeds of 250-300 metres per second

Updated On: 20 Nov 2024 | 12:21 AM IST

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, the Armed Forces and the Industry for the successful flight trial of the country's first long-range hypersonic mission, and termed

Updated On: 18 Nov 2024 | 6:13 PM IST

The Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher can deliver up to seven tonnes of explosives through 216 launcher tubes in 44 second to a target 60 km away

Updated On: 15 Nov 2024 | 6:35 PM IST

The AHSP is the authority responsible for generating, maintaining, updating or declaring obsolete the entire history and technical information of defence products

Updated On: 13 Nov 2024 | 7:47 AM IST

Akash surface-to-air missile system battery being exported to 'friendly foreign country', widely speculated to be Armenia, though not officially confirmed

Updated On: 12 Nov 2024 | 4:18 PM IST

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was speaking at Delhi Defence Dialogue organised on theme 'Adaptive Defence: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Modern Warfare'

Updated On: 12 Nov 2024 | 1:49 PM IST

The ballistic missile is expected to be tested in the next few days by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, defence sources told ANI

Updated On: 10 Nov 2024 | 8:18 PM IST

Bharat Forge is the lowest bidder for a Rs 6,000 crore contract to supply Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems to the Indian Army, receiving 60 per cent of the order

Updated On: 05 Nov 2024 | 9:42 AM IST

The event will showcase products of niche technologies such as air and surface surveillance, autonomous systems in surface, aerial and underwater domains, Al and quantum technologies

Updated On: 28 Oct 2024 | 3:59 PM IST

Several cutting-edge indigenous technologies developed under the TDF scheme were handed over to the users, including DRDO and the armed forces

Updated On: 18 Oct 2024 | 11:33 PM IST

The three tests of the Very Short Range Air Defence System were carried out by the DRDO in the Pokhran range of Rajasthan as part of development trials

Updated On: 05 Oct 2024 | 3:35 PM IST

Trials of the vehicle have been ongoing in Morocco for the last several months

Updated On: 28 Sep 2024 | 12:50 PM IST

"DIA-CoEs will pursue research both in developing the cutting-edge technologies and in the areas of denied defence technologies," says its website

Updated On: 27 Sep 2024 | 12:16 AM IST

Currently, the recruitment process for Agniveers involves educational qualifications, physical tests, and medical assessments but lacks psychological evaluation

Updated On: 19 Sep 2024 | 11:09 AM IST

During the field trials conducted in the desert terrain, the Light Tank demonstrated exceptional performance

Updated On: 14 Sep 2024 | 2:24 PM IST

In both the tests, the missile successfully intercepted a high-speed low altitude aerial target mimicking sea skimming aerial target, the statement said

Updated On: 14 Sep 2024 | 12:46 AM IST