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Aatmanirbhar Bharat: Defence Acquisition Council, headed by Rajnath Singh, clears proposals worth Rs 76,390 crore

Jun 07, 2022, at 12:39 am

New Delhi: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call for ‘Aatmanirbharta’, Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), in a meeting chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday, accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for Capital Acquisition Proposals of the Armed Forces amounting to Rs 76,390 crore under ‘Buy (Indian)’, ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’ and ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’ categories.

DRDO, Indian Navy conduct successful maiden flight-test of indigenously-developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile off Odisha coast

May 18, 2022, at 07:34 pm

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully conducted maiden flight-test of indigenously-developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile launched from a Naval Helicopter from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday.

Anti-Tank Guided Missile HELINA successfully flight tested

Apr 12, 2022, at 04:06 am

New Delhi: Indigenously developed helicopter launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ was successfully flight tested on Saturday at high-altitude ranges as part of user validation trials, the Defence Ministry said.

DRDO successfully flight-tests Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet technology off Odisha coast

Apr 08, 2022, at 11:15 pm

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) booster at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Apr 8, 2022.

DRDO successfully flight tests Indian Army version of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile off Odisha coast

Mar 27, 2022, at 10:59 pm

New Delhi: India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two successful flight tests of the Indian Army version of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) at Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Sunday.

India successfully test fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

Jan 12, 2022, at 12:19 am

New Delhi: India on Tuesday successfully test fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.

DRDO conducts maiden launch of indigenously developed new generation surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’

Dec 22, 2021, at 08:06 pm

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted maiden flight test of indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’, from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on Dec 22, 2021.

DRDO conducts flight demonstration of Controlled Aerial Delivery System

Dec 19, 2021, at 10:01 pm

New Delhi: Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra conducted a flight demonstration of Controlled Aerial Delivery System of 500 kg capacity (CADS-500) on Dec 18, 2021, read a government statement on Sunday.

New generation ballistic missile ‘Agni P’ successfully test-fired by DRDO

Dec 18, 2021, at 09:00 pm

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested the new generation nuclear capable ballistic missile ‘Agni P’ from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha at 1106 hrs on Dec 18.

DRDO, Indian Air Force successfully flight-test indigenous Stand-Off Anti-Tank Missile

Dec 12, 2021, at 02:26 am

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Air Force (IAF) flight-tested the indigenously designed and developed Helicopter launched Stand-off Anti-tank (SANT) Missile from Pokhran ranges on Saturday.

Pinaka Extended Range System successfully test fired

Dec 11, 2021, at 10:34 pm

New Delhi: Successful tests of Pinaka Extended Range (Pinaka-ER), Area Denial Munitions (ADM) and indigenously developed fuzes have been carried out at various test ranges.

India successfully test-fires Akash Prime missile

Sep 28, 2021, at 02:15 pm

New Delhi: A new version of the Akash Missile – ‘Akash Prime’- has been successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha on Monday, the Ministry of Defence said.

Major indigenous project for 6 powerful 'eyes in the sky' AWACS gets govt approval

Sep 10, 2021, at 09:52 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India will have more powerful "eyes in the sky" to look deep into the territory of the enemy by inducting six state-of-the-art airborne warning and control aircrafts.

DRDO conducts successful flight test of Akash-NG

Jul 23, 2021, at 11:43 pm

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful flight-test of New Generation Akash (Akash-NG) missile from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha at 1145 hrs on Friday.

DRDO successfully flight-tests indigenously developed MPATGM for minimum range

Jul 21, 2021, at 11:55 pm

New Delhi: In a major boost towards AatmaNirbhar Bharat and strengthening of Indian Army, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested indigenously developed low weight, fire and forget Man Portable Antitank Guided Missile (MPATGM) on Wednesday.

DRDO successfully flight-tests surface-to-air missile Akash-NG

Jul 21, 2021, at 11:37 pm

New Delhi: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested the New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG), a surface-to-air Missile from Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday.

Jammu and Kashmir: Progress reviewed on setting up of DRDO hospitals in Srinagar

May 28, 2021, at 12:01 am

Srinagar: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the progress of work on establishment of two 500-bedded DRDO hospitals at Srinagar and Jammu.

Rajnath Singh unveils first batch of anti-COVID drug developed by DRDO and hands over to Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan

May 17, 2021, at 09:32 pm

New Delhi: The first batch of the adjunct COVID therapy anti-COVID drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), was released by Defence Minister  Rajnath Singh and handed over to Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Tech and Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi on May 17, 2021.

Govt to procure 1.5 lakh units of Oxycare Systems developed by DRDO

May 13, 2021, at 05:01 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The government has accorded sanction for procurement of 1,50,000 units of Oxycare System at a cost of Rs 322.5 Crore. It is a comprehensive system developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to regulate oxygen being administrated to patients based on the sensed values of their SpO2 levels.

Yogi Adityanath inspects Covid hospital set up by DRDO in Lucknow

Apr 30, 2021, at 09:06 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who recovered from coronavirus on Friday morning, inspected a hospital set up by DRDO in Awadh Shilp Gram in the state capital.

DRDO conducts successful flight test of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet

Mar 05, 2021, at 09:38 pm

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out a flight demonstration based on Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology from Integrated Test Range Chandipur off the coast of Odisha at around 1030 hrs on Friday, officials said.

Successful trail of DRDO-developed Anti-Tank guided missile systems ‘Helina’ and ‘Dhruvastra’ held

Feb 19, 2021, at 10:55 pm

New Delhi: Joint User Trials for Helina (Army Version) and Dhruvastra (Air Force Version) Missile Systemshave been carried out from Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) platform in desert ranges.

Lensman sentenced to life imprisonment in DRDO espionage case

Feb 11, 2021, at 11:42 pm

Balasore/UNI: Additional District Judge (ADJ), Balasore on Thursday convicted former contractual lensman of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Ishwara Behera on the charge of espionage and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

India celebrates Republic Day today, PM Modi wishes people

Jan 26, 2021, at 02:08 pm

New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi wished the nation on Tuesday morning on the occasion of Republic Day.

CBI charges US-based company, ex-DRDO employee with cheating in defence deal

Jan 05, 2021, at 05:03 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged a US-based company with irregularities in the sale of 35 radio frequency generators to Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), said media reports.

DRDO ready with indigenous anti-drone system, to be included in PM Modi's security detail: Report

Nov 30, 2020, at 03:23 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has named Bharat Electronics as the lead agency for development and production of anti-drone systems for the Indian armed forces, said a Hindustan Times report.

Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos successfully test fired from INS Chennai

Oct 18, 2020, at 09:50 pm

Balasore/UNI: Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully test fired today from Indian Navy’s indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai, hitting a target in the Arabian Sea.

Nuke capable Prithvi-2 missile successfully test fired from Odisha coast in user trial

Oct 17, 2020, at 05:42 am

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: India conducted the second night trial of its nuclear-capable Prithvi-2 missile on Friday from a test range in Odisha, said media reports, adding that the test was part of a user trial conducted for the army.

DRDO successfully flight tests indigenously developed Anti Radiation Missile

Oct 09, 2020, at 09:45 pm

New Delhi: New generation Anti Radiation Missile (RUDRAM) was successfully Flight tested today onto a radiation target located on Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha.

India flight tests Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo

Oct 05, 2020, at 09:51 pm

New Delhi: India on Monday successfully flight tested the Supersonic Missile assisted release of Torpedo- Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART).