Page 5 - Latest Updates on DRDO
Extended Range Pinaka rocket system successfully test-fired
The Pinaka MLRS has been successfully developed by two DRDO laboratories in Pune in partnership with two private sector firms, L&T and Tata Power Company Ltd
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DRDO successfully tests extended range Pinaka rocker launcher in Pokhran
DRDO said it has successfully tested the extended range Pinaka (Pinaka-ER) Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System at Rajasthan's Pokhran Range
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DRDO successfully test-fires air version of BrahMos cruise missile: Report
The launch has cleared the way for serial production of air-version BrahMos missiles: Report
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DRDO carries out successful test firing of surface-to-air missile
The missile has an operational range of 50 to km distance
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DRDO installed 931 Oxygen PSA plants during Covid-19 pandemic: Govt
The DRDO has installed 931 oxygen pressure swing absorption (PSA) plants across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said on Monday.
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DRDO, IAF conduct successful flight tests of anti-airfield weapon
Two different configurations (of the weapon) based on satellite navigation and electro-optical sensors have been successfully tested
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DRDO, IAF jointly conduct successful flight test of long-range bomb
All the mission objectives were successfully met, it mentioned
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Odisha: DRDO successfully tests high-speed expendable aerial target Abhyas
India on Friday successfully flight-tested the endogenously developed high-speed expendable aerial target (HEAT), ABHYAS, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Odisha's Chandipur
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DRDO chief lays foundation stone of Kalam Centre for Science and Technology
Defence R&D Secretary and DRDO Chairman Dr G Satheesh Reddy said that KCST will emerge as a focussed research and prominent work centre in the country
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Ministry of Defence orders 118 Arjun tanks for over Rs 7,000 crore
'Atmanirbhar Bharat' boost, will benefit 200 Indian firms, create 8,000 jobs
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Air defence boost: Indian Air Force gets first Indo-Israeli missile
IAI has designed and developed 70-80 per cent of the MRSAM, including the Elta MF-STAR radar, which forms the heart of the system
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India aiming to create $5 bn worth of defence equipment by 2025: DRDO
The Union government has an ambition to create a $5 billion worth of defence equipment by 2025, a senior DRDO official said here on Friday
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DRDO Chairman briefs VP on in-house developed equipment to tackle Covid
DRDO Chairman Dr G. Satheesh Reddy on Monday briefed Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu about the various products and equipment developed indigenously by DRDO labs for management Covid pandemic
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India tests DRDO-developed Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile
As per the sources, the missile flew for around 150 km with an indigenous cruise engine.
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DRDO to get 2% royalty from Dr Reddy's on sale of Covid drug 2-DG in India
The drug comes in powder form in sachet and is taken orally by dissolving it in water.
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DRDO to build indigenous defence system to reduce import dependence
On the sidelines of his speech, Dr Reddy mentioned the various initiatives and achievements of the country in the defence sector
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DRDO successfully test-flies indigenously developed 'man-portable ATGM'
The lightweight, fire-and-forget MPATGM, which is integrated with a thermal sight, was launched from a man-portable launcher by a two-man crew at a target that was mimicking a moving tank.
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Lighter, deadlier Gen Next Akash Missile flight-tested off Odisha coast
The missile will be offered for export; possibility of sales to east Asian and African countries
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DRDO successfully test-fires new-generation Akash surface-to-air missile
The DRDO successfully flight-tested the new-generation Akash surface-to-air missile system from an integrated test range off the Odisha coast on Wednesday.
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DRDO successfully tests indigenously developed anti-tank guided missile
The missile was launched from a man-portable launcher integrated with thermal site and the target was mimicking a tank
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