Odhisa : Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile with large kill altitude bracket from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on November 02, 2022. The flight-test was carried out with participation of all BMD weapon system elements located at different geographical locations. The AD-1 is a long-range interceptor missile designed for both low exo-atmospheric an...Read More

Gandhinagar: Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) will display  a wide range of 430 products encompassing the strategic and tactical weapon systems, defence equipment and technologies developed in DefExpo 2022 being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from October 18 – 22, 2022.  The major theme for this year’s DRDO participation is based on 3D (DRDO, Designed and Developed) ecosphere which will highlight its strong linkages with both Industry as well as Academia. Further, it w...Read More

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 December 18, 2021. Various telemetry, radar, electro-optical stations and down range ships positioned along the eastern coast tracked and monitored the missile trajectory and parameters. The missile followed text book trajectory meeting all mission objectives with high level of a...Read More

Gandhinagar: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed anti-Covid-19 drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) will be sold at the price of Rs. 990 per sachet by Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL), officials told news agency ANI on Friday. The medicine to Centre and state government will be provided at a discounted price. 2-DG drug comes in powder form in the sachet, which is taken orally by dissolving it in water. Covid19: 2DG sachet to be available at Rs. 990, Sputnic vaccine jab at Rs...Read More

New Delhi: The first batch of the adjunct COVID therapy anti-COVID drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), was released by Raksha Mantri Shri 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.One box each of the sachets of the drug were handed over to Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) DrRandeep Guleria and Lt Gen Sunil Kant of Armed Forces Medical Services(AFMS).More will be hande...Read More

New Delhi: An anti-COVID-19 therapeutic application of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) has been developed by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL), Hyderabad. Clinical trial results have shown that this molecule helps in faster recovery of hospitalised patients and reduces supplemental oxygen dependence. Higher proportion of patients treated with 2-DG showed...Read More

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has added another feather to their crown by successfully testing New Generation Anti-Radiation Missile ( RUDRAM ) today. RUDRAM is India’s first indigenous Anti Radiation missile which is integrated on Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter aircraft as launch platform. With this, the country has established indigenous capability to develop long range air launched anti-radiation missiles for neutralising enemy Radars, communication sites and othe...Read More

New Delhi: Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) has been successfully flight tested today 5th Oct 2020 at 1145 hrs from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha. All the mission objectives including missile flight upto the range and altitude, separation of the nose cone, release of Torpedo and deployment of Velocity Reduction Mechanism (VRM) have been met perfectly. The tracking stations (Radars, Electro Optical Systems) along the coast and the telemetry stations including dow...Read More

New Delhi: India on Monday became the fourth country after the United States, Russia and China to develop and successfully test hypersonic technology. This indigenous technology will pave the way towards development of missiles travelling at six times the speed of sound (Mach 6).This test means that the DRDO will have the capacity to develop a hypersonic missile with scramjet engine in next five years, which will have the capacity to travel at more than two kilometres per second. The tes...Read More

Balasore (Odisha): India today successfully test fired a new surface-to-air missile, developed jointly with Israel, from a defence base off Odisha coast. The medium range missile (MR-SAM), a product of joint venture between India and Israel, was successfully test launched from a mobile launcher in the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur at around 08.15 hours, a DRDO official said. "The test launch was a grand success and it met all the targets," he said. The missile positioned ...Read More