Wednesday, 29 July 2026

LAST 2.6 YEARS DRDO CURREN T AFFAIRS IN ( 2024, 2025 & 2026)

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) 

 DRDO And The Indian Navy Have Successfully Flight Tested Vertical Launch Short Range Surface To Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) From The Integrated Test Range Chandipur, Odisha Coast. ( ON 12TH SEPTEMBER 2024) 

 DRDO And INDIAN Navy Successfully Tested Second The VLSRSAM At Odisha Coast.(13th September 2024) 

 Strategic Forces Command Of INDIAN Army Has Successfully Conducted The Night Launch Of Nuclear Capable Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile AGNI-IV From Abdul Kalam Island Of Odisha Coast At Chandipur, Balasore. 

( 4000 km Range Missile)

OCTOBER - 

DEVELOPED - 

DRDO Has Developed a Range Of Software Defined Radios Available In Manpack, Shipborne, And Airborne 


LAUNCHED - 

DRDO Successfully Conducted 3 Flight Test Of Indigenous VSHORADS, 4th Generation Miniaturised Very Short Range Air Defense System  From Pokharan, Rajasthan


Cabinet Committee On Security (CSS) Has Given Clearance To The New Missile Test Range At Nagalayanka, Andhra Pradesh.

LOGO - 

DRDO Industry Academia Center Of Excellence, Launched It's New Logo

NOVEMBER - 

DEVELOPED - 

DRDL ( DRDO) Has Developed Indigenous ESM Modules ( Electronics Warfare Support Measures) Under Project SHYEN-22 For Do 228 Aircraft.

SSPL, DRDO Lab Has Developed Indigenous Process For Growing And Manufacturing 4 Inch Diameter Silicon Carbide (SIC) Wafers And Fabricating Gallium Nitride (GaN).

 Bengaluru Based ASTROGATE LABS Developing Free Space LASER Communications For The Military Under DRDO. 

Indian Navy Inducted The Indigenously Designed And Developed Laser Ordnance Disposal System ( LORDS - N) From The DRDO. 

LAUNCHED - 

DRDO Conducted A Maiden Flight Test Of Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile ( LRLACM) Off Odisha Coast At ITR Chandipur 

* It Is Developed By Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bengaluru With DRDO.

DRDO Has Successfully Completed The Flight Test Of The Guided Pinaka Weapon System As a Part Of The Provisional Staff Qualitative Requirements (PSQR) 

DRDO Successfully Conducted The Flight Trails Of Long Range Hypersonic Missile on 16th November 2024 From APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.

( Range - 1500 km) 

 DRDO Chief Dr Samir V Kamat Has Inaugurated The Photonics Chip Assembly And Integration Facility At IISC Bengaluru 

DECEMBER - 

Garden Research Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) , NSTL And DRDO Jointly Developed JALDOOT USV (Unmanned Surface Vessel) To Naval Science And Technological Laboratory (NSTL) At Vishakapatanam.

Centre For Advanced System (CAS) DRDO Completed The 1000 Highly Complex Tests In Hypersonic Wind Tunnel ( HWT).

DRDO & L&T Held The Steel Cutting Ceremony Of India's First Ever Indigenous Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) Module For KALVARI- Class Submarine ( INS - Kalvari).

RECEIVED - 

Mumbai Based MANASTU Space Has Handed Over It's Indigenous Green Propulsion System Technology To DRDO.


MOU SIGNED - 

 DRDO Has Signed A MoA ( Memorandum Of Agreement ) - 

* For Development Of Indigenous Ballistic Material With Reliance Industries 

* Limited Series Production Of Extreme Cold Weather Clothing With Aeronov Industrial Safety Appliances, Arnaf Industries, Arrow Garments.

DRDO India, IIT Delhi And Industry Partner Have Signed A 10  Tripartite Agreement At The DIA- GARIMA Event.



DRDO Has Successfully Completed The Final Experimental Test Of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet ( SFDR) Propulsion 

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.

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. 

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. 

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 





HOST - 

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


Theme 2025 - Shaping Perception, Mastering Impact 


AWARDS - 

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

OCTOBER - 

LAUNCHED - 

DRDO In Collaboration With The Integrated Defence And Tri Services Released Indian Radio Software Architecture (IRSA) Standard 1.0


( IRSA Is A Comprehensive Software Specifications For Software DEFINED Radios, Defining Standardized Interface, Execution ENVIRONMENT, Waveform Portability Mechanism, ) 

DRDO And Solar Energy Corporation Of India (SECI) Have Signed MoU To Develop The 300 MW Capacity Of Solar Based Renewable Energy Projects.


GRSE AND DRDO Has Laid The Keel For The Acoustic Research Ship For Naval Physical And Oceanography Laboratory.


TESTED - 

* DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION (DRDO) CVRDE, SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATE THE ANTI TANK GUIDED MISSILE ( Nag MKII) 


* FROM THE INDIGENOUS LIGHT TANK ZORWAR 

DRDO Has Conducted The Maiden Flight Of Indigenous Archer NG MALE UAV 

NOVEMBER - 

IIT KANPUR Unveiled The Stealth UAV Scale Model To Used To DRDO 

* DRDO And Directorate General Armament ( DGA)! France Inked Technical Agreement To Deepen Collaboration In Defence.

TESTED - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED A NEW GENERATION OF MAN PORTABLE AUTONOMOUS UNDER WATER VEHICLE ( MP- AUVs) 


* DEVELOPED BY NAVAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGICAL LABORATORY ( NASTL) VISHAKAPATNAM, DRDO

* THIS SYSTEM COMPILED OF MULTIPLE AUVs, WITH SIDE SCAN SONAR, 

* A ROBUST UNDER WATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION ALSO ADDED 


DECEMBER - 

DRDO SUCCESSFULLY Conducted The High Speed Rocket Sled Test Of Fighter Aircraft Escape System At Rail Track Rocket Sled ( RTRS) Facility Of The Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory ( TBRL) Chandigarh.

DRDO Handed Over The 7 Technologies Developed Under Fund Scheme To The Armed Forces 


- Indigenous High Voltage Power Supply For Airborne Self Protection Jammers 

- Tide Efficient Gangway For Naval Jetties 

- Advanced Very Low Frequency - High Frequency Switching Matrix System 

- VLF Loop Aerials For Under Water 

DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED The New Morphing Wing Technology Capable Of Changing Geometry In Flight
 DRDO And Rashtriya RAKSHA University (RRU) SIGNED MoU To Collaboration In Research And Education.


TESTED - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE USER EVALUATION TRIALS OF THE NEXT GENERATION AKASHI ( 
AKASH -NG) MISSILE SYSTEM.

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE MAIDEN FLIGHT TEST OF THE PINAKA LONG RANGE GUIDED ROCKET 

* FROM CHANDIPUR, ODISHA ( ON 29TH DECEMBER 2025) 

* THE LONG RANGE GUIDED ROCKET ( LRGR 120) 120 KM 

2026 - 

JANUARY - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE SALVO LAUNCH OF TWO PRALAY MISSILE IN ODISHA COAST AT CHANDIPUR, ON 31ST DECEMBER 2025 


* PRALAY IS AN INDIGENOUS DEVELOPED SOLID PROPELLENT QUASI BALLISTIC MISSILE.

* Defence Research And Development Laboratory ( DRDL) DRDO, Hyderabad Has Achieved a Milestone in The development Of Hypersonic Missile 

( State Of Art Scramjet Connect Pipe Test Facility At 9th January 2026) 


* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE 3RD GENERATION OF FIRE & FORGET MAN PORTABLE ANTI TANK GUIDED MISSILE ( MPATGM) 


* DEVELOPED BY DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY ( DRDL) HYDERABAD.

* INCLUDING IMAGING INFRARED ( IIR), 


 * Shri Gaddamanugu Chandramouliji, EX DRDO Scientist ( Who Worked on AKASH) Set To Received The PADMA SHRI Award 2026 

DEVELOPED - 

 DRDO Develops Portable Water Purification System ( SWaDeS ) For Soldiers ( Defence Laboratory Jodhpur, DRDO) 

{SEA WATER DESALINATION SYSTEM }

 DRDO Unveiled A New High Power Microwave ( HPM) SYSTEM, Under Development To Defeats SWARMS Of Unmanned Aircraft System ( UASs) Prototype 

AWARDS - 

* D 4 Counter drone System (DRDO) And Dharashakti Integrated EW SYSTEM Has Been Conferred With Prestigious SKOCH Award In Gold Category.

* THEME 2026 For DRDO Tableaux - on Republic Day 2026 Parade 

( Naval Technologies For COMBAT Submarines) 

Miranda House, Delhi In Collaboration With DRDO Has Developed a Prototype BioFET Sensor For Early Cardiac Arrest - Risk Detection.

FEBRUARY  -  

TESTED - 

* ON 3RD FEBRUARY 2026, DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE DEMONSTRATED OF ITS SOLID FUEL DUCTED RAMJET ( SFDR) TECHNOLOGY FROM INTEGRATED TEST RANGE (ITR), CHANDIPUR, BALASORE ODISHA.


* LONG RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILE 



AGNI -3 - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE TEST FIRE OF IMMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE AGNI -3 AT CHANDIPUR, ODISHA.

* AGNI - 3 DEVELOPED BY DRDO 

* IT IS A TWO STAGE SOLID FUELLED BALLISTIC MISSILE WITH RANGE OF 3000 KM 

DIPAS, DRDO And IIT Ropar SIGNED A MoU For Academic Research 

 DRDO CONDUCTED The Qualification Test For Gaganyaan Drogue Parachute.

* ON 27TH FEBRUARY 2026, DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THREE CONSECUTIVE THE FLIGHT TRIALS OF VERY SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM (VSHORADS) FROM INTEGRATED TEST RANGE AT CHANDIPUR, ODISHA.



MARCH - 

DRDO Pune Based Lab And DIAT Have Developed Indigenous Tactile Sensor Arrays For Advanced Robotics Application.

APRIL - 

BOOKS - 

THE UNPRECEDENTED Success Story' Of The First Indigenous Supersonic Multi Target Surface To Air - Missile System AKASH Book Author - Missile Scientist Dr G Chandramauli ) ( Authored By Padmashree Dr Prahalad Rama Rao) 

DRDO Handed Over The AI Based Satellite Imaging System PRAJANA - ( Developed By CAIR) To Ministry Of Home Affairs.

VIKRAM VT-21 - 

 * DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat Has Flagged Off The Advanced Armoured Platform ( Tracked And Wheeled) VIKRAM VT-21 


* Developed By Vehicle Research And Development Laboratory With Partners Tata Advanced System Limited And Bharat Forge Limited 

* 30 mm Crewless Turret + ATGM 

* STANG 4/5 Modular Protection 

* High Mobility + Amphibious Capability 

* Multi Role Configurable Designed Industrial Push 

* 90% Indigenous 

NASM-SR - 

* DRDO And Indian Navy Successfully Conducted The Maiden Salvo Launch Of Naval Anti Ship Missile Short Range (NASM -SR) From Indian Navy Helicopter, At Cost Of Bay Of BENGAL, Odisha 

DRDO Has Became The Historical Milestone To Indigenous Galium Nitride (GaN) Chips For Defence, ( Became 7th COUNTRY To In Elite Group) 

MAY - 

 DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED The Phase -2 2 Stage Hypersonic Glide Vehicle, Long Range Anti Ship Hypersonic Missile ( LR - AShM) From Odisha Coast 


* Estimates Range Of 1500 Km 

 DRDO Has Inaugurated The CBRN Field Training And Demonstration Centre At Burari Plans, Delhi.


* DRDO Inaugurated The Chemical, Biological, Radiological And Nuclear (CBRN) 

TARA TESTED - 

* DRDO AND INDIAN AIR FORCE SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE MAIDEN FLIGHT TRAIL OF INDIGENOUS GLIDE WEAPON SYSTEM TARA AT OFF COAST ODISHA. ( On 7TH MAY 2026) 

* TARA - TACTICAL ADVANCED RANGE AUGMENTATION 

* TARA HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED BY RESEARCH CENTRE IMARAT ( RCI), HYDERABAD, WITH DRDO LABORATORY 

* TEST CONDUCTED WITH THE INDIAN AIR FORCE JAGUAR AIRCRAFT.

* SPEED - 40-1200 KMPH 


AGNI (MIRV) SYSTEM - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE FLIGHT TRIAL OF AN ADVANCED AGNI MISSILE WITH MIRV ( MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY TARGETED RE -ENTRY VEHICLE) SYSTEM FROM A P J ABDUL KALAM ISLAND, ON 8TH MAY 2026 ODISHA 


 Defence Research And Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad Based Laboratory Of DRDO Have Successfully Conducted An Extensive Long Duration Test Of Its Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjat Combustor, 

DRDO TESTED ULPGM-V3 MISSILE 

* ON 19TH MAY 2026 DRDO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT TRIALS OF THE ULPGM-V3 MISSILE AT KURNOOL, ANDHRA PRADESH 

* TESTED IN AIR - TO - GROUND AS WELL AS AIR - TO-AIR 

* IT CAN DESTROY TANKS, BUNKERS, DRONES, HELICOPTER 

* IT EQUIPPED WITH THE DUAL CHANNEL SEEKER

* CONTROLLED THROUGH AN ADVANCED INTEGRATED GROUND CONTROL SYSTEM ( GCS ( 

* FEATURE INCLUDING DAY/ NIGHT STRIKE CAPABILITY 

* TWO WAY DATA LINK SENDS REAL TIME TELEMETRY & IMPACT CONFIRMATION BACK TO THE GCS 

* PRODUCTION PARTNERS - BHARAT DYNAMIC LIMITED ( BDL) , ADANI DEFENCE SYSTEMS 



* Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh Has Been Entrusted With Additional Charge Of DRDO 

JUNE - 

DRDO SUCCESSFULLY Tested The High Calibre Bomb In Haryana 

( Tested At The Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory ( TBRL) At Panchkula, Haryana 

BRAHMOS Completes 25 Years. ( On 12th June 2001 First Tested At Chandipur, Odisha) 


RUDRAM-II 

* Defence Research And Development Organisation ( DRDO) And The Indian Air Force ( IAF) Have Conducted The Successful Flight Test Of RudraM -II Air -To-surface MISSILE From An Airborne Platform. ( From Integrated Test Range, Chandipur ) 

* RudraM-II Has Been Indigenously Developed By Research Centre, IMARAT, Hyderabad. ( IN COLLABORATION WITH DRDO ) 

* Anti - Radiation 


DRDO TESTED BMD - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE CONSECUTIVE FLIGHT TEST OF MULTI LAYERED BMD AGAINST LONG RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE AND ANTI SHIP CAPABILITY AT MEDIUM RANGE. ( NASM -SR) ( ON 11TH & 12TH JUNE 2026) AT CHANDIPUR, ODISHA .

* BMD - BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE 

* ( RANGE BETWEEN 2000-5000 KM) 

* AD-1 ( INCEPTOR) 


* NOW INDIA AMONG AN ELITE GROUP OF NATIONS, POSSESSING THE OPERATIONAL  LEVEL BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE WITH THE ABILITY TO INTERCEPT AND NEUTRALISE BALLISTIC MISSILE, INCLUDING THREATS UPTO INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE ( ICBM) 

* NASM - SR ( NAVAL ANTI SHIP MISSILE MEDIUM RANGE ) 




* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Inaugurated The Advanced WEAPON SYSTEM Complex At DRDL, HYDERABAD 

DRDO TESTED LRLACM - 

* DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION ( DRDO) SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE FLIGHT TEST OF LONG RANGE LAND ATTACK CRUISE MISSILE ( LRLACM) FROM DR ABDUL KALAM ISLAND , ODISHA. ( ON 15TH JUNE 2026) 

* RANGE 1000-1500 KM 

* LRLACM IS FULLY INDIGENOUSLY MADE MISSILE DEVELOPED BY DRDO LABORATORIES AND INDIAN INDUSTRY PARTNER. 





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