JANUARY TO AUGUST DRDO IN 2024

JANUARY - 

* DRDO Successfully Test Flight Test of New Generation AKASH NG  Missile From Chandipur, Odisha.

FEBRUARY - 

* DRDO Successfully Test Fired Trials Of High Speed Expandable Aerial Heat (HEAT) ABHYAS At Chandipur, Balasore.

MARCH - 

* DRDO Conducted The Two Flights Test Of Very Short Range Air Defense System (VSHORADS) Missile In Chandipur Coast, Balasore, Odisha.

* DRDO Successfully Conducted The Maiden Trails Of Its High Endurance Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ( HEAUV) At Cochin Shipyard.

* DRDO Successfully Tested MISSION DIVYASTHRA, The FIRST Flight Test Of Indigenously Developed Agni 5 Missile From Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.

( DRDO Successfully Launched AGNI 5 Which Is Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV).)

( India Became The Sixth Country To Successfully Test The AGNI 5 With MIRV Technology In World After USA, UK, RUSSIA, CHINA And France.) 

* R Sheena Rani, Who Lead The AGNI 5 (MIRV) Director At Advanced System Laboratory (ASL).

* DRDO Maiden Test Firing Of India's First Indigenously Made 1500 HP Engine For Main Battle Tank Held At BEML In Mysuru, Karnataka.

* DRDO Has Initiated Project ET-LDHCM To Create Advanced Oxidation Resistant And Thermal Barrier.

 * Indian Army Successfully Test Fired BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise Missile From Andaman And Nicobar Island.

* DRDO Successfully Tested New Generation Ballistic Missile Agni Prime At Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.

* DRDO Successfully Conducted MPATGM Weapon System Development Trials At PFFR, Rajasthan. 

( MPATGM - Man Portable Anti Tank Missile) 

*  DRDO Inaugurated The Submersible Platform For Acoustic Characterization And Evaluation (SPACE) At The Underwater Acoustic Research Facility In Kulamavu, Kerala For Testing The SONAR System For Indian Navy.

* DRDO Successfully Conducted Flight Test Of Indigenously Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) From The Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha.

* DRDO Handed Over The First Batch Of Indigenous Leading Edge Actuators And Airbrake Control Module To Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) For 83 LCA Tejas MK1A Order.

*  IIT Jodhpur Has Inaugurated a New DRDO- Industry - Academia Center Of Excellence ( DIA-CoE) For  Defense Research. 

* Indian Air force Successfully Test Fired The 250 km Air To Surface Israeli Crystal Maze-2 Ballistic Missile From Su-30 At Andaman.

* DRDO And Strategic Forces Command Successfully Test Fired K-15 Submarine Launch Ballistic Missile From Bay Of Bengal.

LAUNCHED - 

* Defense Materials And Stores Research And Development Establishment (DMSRDE, Kanpur Has Successfully Developed Indigenous Light Weight Bullet Proof Jacket (BPJ) For Protection Against Threat Level 6 Of BIS.

BOOK LAUNCHED - 

* Dr Sanjeev Kumar Joshi, CEO Of BRAHMOS Missile, Has Launched The Book EK SAMANDER MERE ANDAR, On Successfully Deal BRAHMOS Missile With Philippines.

MAY - 

* DRDO Has Successfully Tested Supersonic Missile Assisted Release Of Torpedo Anti Submarine Missile (SMART - ) From Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.

* DRDO Handed Over 9 Defense Projects To IIT BHUBANESWAR.

*  DRDO Successfully Flight Tested Indigenously Developed Air To Surface RudraM-II From Su-30 MK - 1 From Odisha Coast.

HOST - 

* The 8th Technology Council Meeting Was Organized By Defense Research And Development Organization ( DRDO) In New Delhi

MOU SIGNED - 

*  DRDO And Center For Air Power Studies (CAPS) Signed MoU For The Studies, Academic Benefits, For Armed Forces.

APPOINTMENT - 

* Government Of India Has Extended The Term Of DRDO Secretary, Samir V Kamat For One Year Till May 2025.

INAUGURATION - 

* DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V Kamat Has Inaugurated An R & D Center At The Defense Research Laboratory In Changbu, In Tawang District In Arunachal Pradesh. 

DEVELOPED - 

* DMRDE In Collaboration With DRDO Has Developed The Liquid Ramjet Fuel For Advanced Air Breathing Engine. 

* DRDO Has Developed Maritime Patrol Radar KSHITIJ And Nano Satellite For Hyper Spectral Imaging ( Manufactured By DATA PATTERNS) 

JUNE - 

*  DRDO's Technology Development Fund (TDF) Has Awarded The Technology Development Contract For ULUAV To Sagar Defense Engineering.

* DRDO Has Handed Over The Medium Range Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MR-MOCR) To The Indian Navy. 

DEVELOPED - 

* DRDO Unveiled The Women Led Startup DIVYA DRISTHI, AI Tool For Personal Identification.

LAUNCHED - 

* DRDO Successfully Completed 6th Consecutive Development Trials Of High Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) ABHYAS From The Integrated Test Center (ITC) Chandipur, Odisha Coast.

JULY - 

 * An MoU Signed Between DRDO And MP-IDSA To Conduct Joint Research Through Studies, Seminar , Conference etc. 

*  Made In India Developed By DRDO & L&T Introduced Zorawar (Light Tank) For INDIAN Army.

*  DRDO Partners With Bengaluru Based Firm For Induce NaviC Chip Development.

* DRDO Successfully Tested Fire Its Interceptor Missile From Abdul Kalam Island & Interceptor Prithvi-2 Nuclear Ballistic Missile  From Chandipur, Odisha.

AUGUST - 

* DRDO Successfully Tested Fire The Made In India Man Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile ( MP- ATGM) At The Field Firing Range In Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

* DRDO Carries Out Successful Maiden Flight Test Of LONG RANGE GLID BOMB ( LRGB) GAURAV From Su 30 MK -1 Platform Off Odisha Coast.

( Weight 1000 kg )  

* DRDO Successfully Conducted a Night User Trial Of Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II From Odisha Coast. (Range 350 Km).

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Renowned DRDO Missile Scientist Mr Ram Narain Agarwal Passed Away.

* He Was An Aerospace Scientist.

* Padmashri, And Padma Bhusan Awardee 

( Known As Father Of Agni Missile) 

( He Was First Programme Director Of Agni Missile in 1984) 

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