Chandigarh: India's ambitious 5,000-km range Agni-V nuclear-capable missile will be launched soon, a senior scientist said on Sunday. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief controller R&D (Missiles and Strategic Systems) Avinash Chander said that the strategic missile was in the final phase of testing and could be launched soon. "I cannot predict an exact date of its launch now. But it will be launched shortly," Chander, who was here...
08:12 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Pune: The Army acquired its first mobile robot - Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) 'Daksh', which will equip the force to handle and clear improvised explosives devices and other hazardous objects. The first batch of six units of a total consignment of 20 was handed over to the Army in the premises of the Research and Development Establishment (Engineers), R&DE(E), part of the Defence Research and Development Organisation that has developed...
11:44 AM, Dec 20, 2011
Balasore: India on Thursday successfully test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-I strategic ballistic missile, with a strike range of 700 km, as part of the Army's user trial from the test range at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. "The indigenously developed surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test fired from a mobile launcher at about 0925 hrs from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range," defence sources said. Describing...
11:59 AM, Dec 01, 2011
Hyderabad: Defence scientists are working towards development of laser weapon system in the country, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Director-General V K Saraswat said here today. DRDO, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and academic institutions are involved in lot of work on laser technology for using lasers as weapons. There is lot of work going on with regard to laser weapons, Saraswat told reporters on the sidelines of the...
10:55 AM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: India's premier military weapons developer, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was Thursday awarded the Thomson Reuters India Innovation Award for 2011 in recognition of its work in the field of science and technology. The award was presented to DRDO by Minister of State for Science and Technology Ashwani Kumar at an event organised here by Thomson Reuters and the Confederation of Indian Industry, a release said....
01:28 PM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: India's defence policy has always lacked the strategic perspective. India adopted a non-aligned posture during the tumultuous days of the Cold War and saw itself as a non-interfering moral power which did not require the brute military force that is associated with great powers. However, since soon after Independence India faced a low-intensity conflict with Pakistan when the latter pushed in tribal raiders in its bid to capture...
07:03 AM, Nov 09, 2011
Balasore: India's nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-II ballistic missile, with a strike range of 2000 kms, was on Friday test-fired as part of user trial by the Army from the Wheeler Island off Orissa coast. The indigenously developed missile was fired by personnel of the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the army from Launch Complex-IV of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 0930 hours, defence sources said. Agni-II, developed as one...
10:03 AM, Sep 30, 2011
New Delhi: Shaurya, a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface medium range missile, was test-fired from Chandipur-on-sea off the Orissa coast at 2.30 PM on Saturday. The missile with a maximum range of 750 km was test-fired from an underground silo at Integrated Test Range of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). Shaurya is being developed for use by both the Army and the Navy, and can carry a warhead of one tonne....
03:07 PM, Sep 24, 2011
New Delhi: India is getting ready to add another fighter aircraft to its fleet with the DRDO working on an Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. In a little over a decade from now the Indian Air Force will be needing replacements for its MiG-29, Mirage and Jaguar fighters. The DRDO through its Bangalore based Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) will unveil the design for that replacement to the air force brass next...
06:33 PM, Aug 07, 2011
Chandipur-on-sea (Orissa): India on Thursday successfully conducted the first test-fire of its indigenously developed short-range, quick reaction, tactical missile Prahaar from the Integrated Test Range off Orissa coast. "The test launch was fully successful as the surface-to-surface, sleek missile mounted on a road mobile launcher, roared into an overcast sky, seconds within its blast off," defence sources said. The sophisticated missile was test fired from ITR's launch pad-3 at about...
11:14 AM, Jul 21, 2011
Balasore: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is all set to conduct trial of new indigenously developed quick reaction, short-range Prahaar missile on Thursday from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea. "Ground preparation for the test-flight of a short range ballistic missile is complete and it would be taken up tomorrow any time between 9 am to 5 pm depending on weather condition," a DRDO official said in Balasore....
06:59 PM, Jul 20, 2011
Bhopal: Opposing the Jabalpur High Court's directive to the state government to shift the Union Carbide toxic waste to Nagpur, Bhopal gas victims have now pledged that they will not allow a repeat of Bhopal anywhere else in the country. The Bhopal victims are in touch with concerned citizens from Nagpur, who are planning to approach the Maharashtra high Court against this order. The 346 tones of toxic waste lying...
06:41 PM, Jul 16, 2011
New Delhi: In a shocking incident in Hyderabad, a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientist's son was found dead three days after he went missing. The body of the 11-year-old boy was found in a drain on Monday morning. 11-year-old Pranav Chalavadi had left home on Friday afternoon to play with his friends. He never returned. His partially decomposed body was found in this drain on Monday morning. "We...
08:31 AM, Jun 14, 2011
New Delhi: Defence Minister A K Antony on Friday asked the DRDO to prioritise the development of 5,000 km range ballistic missile while building a credible missile defence system for the country. He also congratulated the Defence Research Development Organisation for developing the interceptor missile allowing India to join an elite club of nations possessing such advance technology. "DRDO must demonstrate the capability to develop missiles of the range of...
05:24 PM, Jun 03, 2011
Balasore: For the second day in a row, India conducted a successful ballistic flight test of indigenously developed Astra - Beyond-Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile - from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur on Saturday. "The missile was test-fired around 1032 hrs and the trial was successful," Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) sources said. The missile is envisaged to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft at supersonic speeds in the head-on mode...
11:50 AM, May 21, 2011
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