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DRDO starts first ‘Varunastra’ Heavy Weight Torpedo

November 26, 2020
Varunastra
  • The Defence Research and Development (DRDO) Chairman G Satheesh Reddy has started the first Production unit of Heavy Weight Torpedo (HWT), Varunastra.
  • The Varunastra has been designed and developed by Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) of DRDO while Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Vishakhapatnam has made the torpedo for the Indian Navy.

Rajnath Singh uncovers model of Anti-Satellite Missile at DRDO Bhawan

November 11, 2020
Anti-Satellite Missile DRDO Bhawan
  • A model of Anti Satellite (A-SAT) Missile installed inside DRDO Bhawan was uncovered by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The installation of the A-SAT model will encourage the DRDO fraternity to take up many more such challenging missions in the future.

Pinaka rockets successfully test fired by DRDO

November 2, 2020
Pinaka Rocket
  • An advanced version of the Pinaka rocket system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been successfully test-fired.

SANT missile successfully test-fired off the coast of Odisha

October 20, 2020
SANT missile
  • Indian successfully test-fired the Stand-off-Anti-tank (SANT) missile off the Odisha coast on October 19, 2020 which was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Air Force (IAF).

CRPF collaborates with IIT Delhi, DRDO

October 18, 2020
CRPF
  • The country’s largest paramilitary force, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has collaborated with IIT Delhi, Defence Research and Development Organisation, and Joint Advanced Technology Centre (JATC) to augment its Research and Development capabilities.

DRDO test fires Nirbhay Cruise Missile successfully

October 11, 2020
Nirbhay Cruise Missile
  • The Defence Research Development Organization successfully fired the Nirbhay Cruise Missile. The missile has a Ring Laser Gyroscope based guidance and MEMS based inertial navigation system. MEMS is Micro Electro Mechanical System.

DRDO successfully flight tests “Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo”

October 6, 2020
Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo
  • The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight tested the “Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo” (SMART) from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha.

LASER Guided anti-tank missile successfully test fired by DRDO

October 2, 2020
DRDO
  • LASER Guided anti-tank missile successfully test fired by Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO). It is designed to defeat Explosive Reactive Armour protected armour vehicles from a distance of 1 km to 1.5 km.

DRDO successfully launched Laser-guided ATGM

September 24, 2020
DRDO
  • DRDO’s Laser-guided Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) has been successfully test-fired from MBT Arjun Tank at KK Ranges, Armoured Corps centre and school (ACC&S), Ahmednagar on September 22, 2020.

India conducts a successful flight test of ABHYAS

September 23, 2020
ABHYAS
  • The Defence Research and Development Organization conducted a successful flight test of ABHYAS- High speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) vehicle at the Balasore test range in Odisha. This can now be used as a target for evaluation of missiles.