Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Pinaka – An Analysis of Success

The Pinaka is a multi-barreled rocket launcher capable of firing twelve 210 mm rockets in 44 seconds at a range of 38 km. In 2015, an Extended Range Unguided Pinaka Rocket was fired to...

Indigenisation: Focus on Local Expertise for Self-sufficiency

Meaning of indigenisation: Indigenisation is to innovate, develop and continuously improve the function of any system locally, in order to provide lifelong service and support; aiming towards self-sufficiency and developing strategic capability at a reasonable...

After Twin Success of Pinaka, India Test Fires Indigenously-developed MPATGM

  NEW DELHI. Days after the twin success of test firing of Pinaka weapon system of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), it was time for indigenouly-developed missile system Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile...

A Day After Twin Success, Third Test-Firing of Guided Pinaka Successful

  NEW DELHI. A day after twin successful trials, Guided Pinaka weapon system developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully test fired at Pokhran ranges on March 12. All the three trials...

India Test Fires Guided Pinaka Weapon System

  New Delhi. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired the Guided PINAKA weapon system from Pokhran ranges on March 11. The weapon system is equipped with state-of-the-art guidance kit comprising of...

India Successfully Test Fires QRSAM

  CHANDIPUR, Odisha. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired indigenously developed Quick Reach Surface-to-Air missiles (QRSAM) from ITR Chandipur, off the Odisha Coast on February 26. The two missiles were tested for...

BrahMos Generates Huge Interest at Aero India 2019

  NEW DELHI. BrahMos, the world’s most versatile supersonic cruise missile system, generated a huge interest from all over the world during Aero India 2019 that concluded in Bengaluru on Sunday. The BrahMos Aerospace showcased...

OFB Receives Bulk Production Clearance for ‘Dhanush’ Artillery Gun

  NEW DELHI. Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) received the bulk production clearance (BPC) from the Indian Army and the Ministry of Defence on February 18 for production of 114 'Dhanush', the first ever indigenous 155mm...

DRDO’s Aero India International Seminar – 2019 Concludes

  BENGALURU.In the run up to Aero India 2019, the 12th edition of Aero India International Seminar (AIS 2019) was inaugurated at Bengaluru on February 18 by Member NITI Aayog and former Defence Research and...

The FICV Story – Ongoing for Decades, Unsure Future

THE DRDO began developing Abhay, an Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV), in the late 1990s and the design work was completed by 2001. Abhay is a pre-technology demonstrator to develop and test technologies to be...

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation Participates in Aero India to Showcase about 250 Systems

  New Delhi. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is participating in the International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition Aero India 2019, which is being held at Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru from February...

How About ‘Guochanhua’ for India?

IN their 2010 book “Arming Without Aiming”, authors Stephen Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta have this devastating comment to make: “With the exception of nuclear weapons, the history of Indian defence research and development has...

India – Future Hub of Defence, Aerospace and Disaster Management

MEGATRENDS: Certain discernible megatrends are impacting the Defence, Security and Disaster Management firmament. The first is that there is a growing shift in global economic power from West to East. Secondly, the rate of...
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