JANUARY TO SEPTEBER DRDO CA IN 2025

JANUARY - 

*  DRDO Has Successfully Conducted The Trials Of The C- Band LOS Datalink Onboard. HS125- 800 HAWKER Aircraft Under The DLAP Project.

* DRDO Developed HIMKAVACH Multi Layer Clothing System Designed For Temperature Range Of +20 degree C To -60 degree C 

* Defense Research And Development Laboratory (DRDL) a Hyderabad Based Laboratory Of DRDO Has Developed The Long Duration Supersonic Combustion RAMJET OR SCRAMJET Powdered Hypersonic Technology.

TESTED - 

*  DRDO And Indian Army Have Successfully Field Evaluation Trials Of Indigenously Developed NAG MK 2 ( The 3td Generation ANTI TANK FIRE AND FORGET GUIDED MISSILE At Pokharan Range.

* DRDO Tested Air Droppable Container-150 (ADC-150) From P8I Aircraft Off The Coast Of Goa. 

( 150 Kg Payload Capacity) 

FEBRUARY - 

LAUNCHED - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY Conducted The 3 Successive Flight Trails of Very Short Range Air Defense System (VSHORADS) From Chandipur, Odisha.

*  DRDO And INDIAN Navy Successfully Conducted a Flight Trial Of First Of It's Kind Naval Anti Ship Missile (NASM-SR) From Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha.

DEVELOPED - 

*  DRDO Is Developing a PEMFC Based Fuel Cell Power Plant Along With HEAUV ( High Endurance AUTONOMOUS Under Water Vehicle) 

* The Budget Allocated For DRDO Has Been Increased To 26,816.82 Crores For FY 2025/26.

*  DRDO Is Developing An Indigenous 700HP Engine For FICV In Collaboration With Kirloskar And Ashok Leyland 

MANUFACTURE - 

* DRDO In Collaboration With IIT Hyderabad Unveiled The India's Largest Metal 3D Printing Machine For Rocket Components.

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MARCH - 

* * DRDO Unveiled India's New Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV) SRBM BM -04.

* DRDO Built Aerosol Lidar System Developed By IRDE, Handed Over To Mritunjay Mohapatra, Head Of Indian Meteorological Department.

CONDUCTED - 

* The Defense Bio- Engineering & Electro Medical Laboratory (DEBEL) A Bengaluru Based Lab Under DRDO Successfully Conducted The High Altitude Trials Of Indigenous Onboard Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS) 

* DRDO In Collaboration With Indian Navy Has Successfully Launched Vertically Launched Short Range Surface To Air Missile (VLSAR SAM) At Chandipur, Odisha. 

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APRIL - 

* * DRDO And Indian Army Conducted 4 Successfully Flight Of Army Version Of Medium Range Surface To Air Missile (MRSAM) At APJ ABDUL KALAM Island ODISHA.

* DRDO Successfully Conducted The Trials Of Long Range Glide Bomb GAURAV - from SU-30 MKI Aircraft.

* THE DRDO Announced The Successful Trial Of Mk-II(A) Laser - Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) System. 

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* Indian Navy Tested BrahMos Missile (Multiple) At Arabian Sea.

MAY - 

* DRDO Signed MoU with Centre For Land Warfare Studies ( CLAWS) 

* DRDO Successfully Conducted The Maiden Flight Trials Of The Stratospheric Airship Platform Carrying An Instrumental Payload To 17km Altitude From The Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh)

* DRDO Has Successfully Developed Indigenous NANOPOROUS Multi-layered Polymeric Membrane For High Pressure Sea Water Desalination. (kanpur) 

* DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V Kamath Inaugurated A New Automotive And Weapon's System Testing Center ( AWTC) And A Morden Engine Testing Center At CVRDE ( Chennai).

* DRDO Has Handed Over The Indigenously Developed Helium Gas Refilling Module To the BSF.

 

INAUGURATION - 

DRDO WAS Inaugurated The Quantum Technology Research Centre (QTRC) By Chief Of DRDO Dr Kamat 

EXTENTION - 

* DRDO Chief Samir V Kamath Gets Another Year Extension.

TESTED - 

* DRDO & Indian Navy Conducted A Combat Firing ( With Reduced Explosives) Of Indigenous Multi Influence Ground Mine (MIGM) 

* Researchers At IIT MADRAS In Collaboration With IIT Jodhpur, iisc Bengaluru, IIT Hyderabad, ISRO And DRDO India Have Developed 3D Printed Incolen 718, a Nickel Based Super Alloy Used In Rocket Engine, And Jet Turbine 

* DRDO Chairman Inaugurated The Centre For Electromagnetic Launch Technology (CEMaLT) 

JUNE - 

*  BEML Has Inked Three Licencing Agreements With DRDO's VRDE Indigenously Produce Key Mobility And Support System For Indian Army ARMOURED Cops 

* * DRDO & IIT Delhi Demonstrate The Quantum Entanglement Based Free Space Quantum Secure Communication Over More Than 1 Km Distance.

DEVELOPED - 

* DRDO Has Developed India's First Photonics Radar.

JULY - 

* DRDO And Indian Navy Has Successfully Trails Of Extended Range Anti Submarine Rocket (ERASR) By INS KAVARATTI 

* DRDO And Indian Air Force Have Successfully Conducted The Flight Test Of Indigenous BVRAAM Astra Equipped With Indigenous Radio Frequency Seeker From Su 30- MK 1 From Odisha Coast On 11th July 2025.

* DRDO Successfully Tested A Next Generation HYPERSONIC Missile Under PROJECT VISHNU.

* DRDO Successfully Tested The Short Range Ballistic Missiles ( SRBMs) - PRITHVI -II And AGNI -1 From Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha Coast.

* DRDO Conducted Twin Trials Of PRALAY Ballistic Missiles ( Range 500 Km) At Odisha Coast. ( 28TH & 29TH JULY 2025) 

DEVELOPED - 

* DRDL, DRDO And AIIMS Bibi Nagar Jointly Developed A First In India Carbon Fibre Foot Prosthesis - ADIDOC 

MOU SIGNED  - 

* DRDO Handed Over 6 Strategic Indigenously Designed And Developed Production AGAINST NSQR To The Indian Navy 

* Gamma Radiation Aerial Surveillance System (GRASS)

* Environmental Surveillance Vehicle (ESV).

* Vehicle Radiological Contamination Monitoring System ( VRCMS)

* Underwater Gamma Radiation Monitoring System ( UGRMS)

* Dirt Extractor And cross Contamination Monitor ( DECCM) 

* Organ Radioactivity Detection Systems ( ORDS) 

*  DRDO Has Successfully Conducted The Flight Trails Of UAV Launched Precision Guided Missile ( ULPGM- V3 IN The National Open Area Range (NOAR) In Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.

*  DRDO Successfully Tested The PRALAY Tactical Ballistic Missile At Off Coast At Odisha. 

AUGUST - 

* DRDO Successfully Test Fires The AGNI -5 Ballistic Missiles ( Range Upto 5000 km) At Odisha Coast.

* *  DRDO Has Successfully Conducted The Maiden Flight Test Of Integrated Air Defence Weapon System ( IADWS) On 23rd August 2025 At Odisha Coast. 

( IADWS - It Is a Multi-layered Air Defense System Comprising Of Indigenous Quick Reaction Surface To Air Missile ( QRSAM), Advanced Very Short Range Air Defense System ( VSHORADS) Missile And High Power Laser Based Directed Energy Weapon ( DEW) 

* IADWS Is a Part Of SUDARSHAN CHAKRA Mission 

* DRDO - HEMRL Has Successfully Developed The Signal Star Naval Flare For The Kalavari - Class Submarine Of The Indian Navy. 

SEPTEMBER - 

* Solar Energy Corporation Of India (SECI) And DRDO National Solar Mission Signed MoU For Net Zero CARBON.

TESTED - 

* DRDO IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STRATEGIC FORCE COMMAND SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE AGNI - PRIME on 24th SEPTEMBER 2025.

* THIS IS THE FIRST IN KIND OF RAIL BASED MOBILE LAUNCHER.

* RAPID REACTION, CAPABILITY AND LOW VISIBILITY DEPLOYMENT FOR STRIKE RANGE UPTO 2000 KM 

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HOST - 

*  DRDO CONDUCTED PRATIBIMB 2025 Seminar On Perception Management & Narrative's In Era Of Information Warfare 

Theme 2025 - Shaping Perception, Mastering Impact 

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AWARDS - 

* DRDO Wins The Hindu Business Lines Change maker Of The Year Awards 2025.