JANUARY TO MARCH DRDO CA IN 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.

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* 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.

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* 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 

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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 

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* 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.

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MARCH - 

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

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