Rajnath Sing-led panel clears arms procurement worth Rs 28,732cr for Army
India | Jul 27, 2022, 07:46 AM ISTThe approval to the new procurement proposals came amid India's lingering border row with China in eastern Ladakh.
The approval to the new procurement proposals came amid India's lingering border row with China in eastern Ladakh.
The airframe, undercarriage and entire flight control and avionics systems used for the aircraft had been developed indigenously.
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is designed & developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru, a premier research laboratory of DRDO.
The all-indigenous ATGM employs a tandem High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) warhead to defeat Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) protected armoured vehicles.
The Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES) at the DRDO has submitted its fact-finding report to the Ministry, as first reported by Business Standard.
It's a true example of public-private partnership leading to a world class weapon system fully designed and developed in India. Such a weapon system is highly strategic for India.
MRSAMs were test-fired from the Integrated Test Range launch pad-III at Chandipur near Balasore before noon, sources said.
"MRSAM-Army missile system flight tested from ITR Balasore, Odisha at around 1030 hours intercepting a high-speed aerial target at long range," DRDO said in a tweet.
The seven-storey building, with a plinth area of 1.3 lakh square feet, will house research and development facilities for the development of a fifth-generation medium weight deep penetration fighter jet for the Indian Air Force.
The NSA also called out the Indian authorities for not informing Pakistan immediately that an "inadvertent launch of a cruise missile had taken place".
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the final deliverable configuration of Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM), officials said.
"During the flight trial, high subsonic speed trajectory (of Abhyas) at a very low altitude with high endurance was demonstrated," an official statement from the DRDO stated.
The solid-fuel, battlefield missile developed by DRDO is based on Prithvi Defence Vehicle from the Indian ballistic missile programme.
The accused has been identified as Bharat Bhushan Kataria, a senior scientist with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), according to sources.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO for the successful flight test and expressed his happiness for the excellent performance of the system
The weapon, developed for the IAF, can neutralise targets in a range up to 10 km.
While the Pinaka MK-I rocket system has a range of around 40 km, the Pinaka II variant can hit targets at a distance of 60 km. The range of the Pinaka-ER (MK-I variant is not immediately known.
PM Modi formally hands over HAL's light combat helicopter to Indian Air Force, DRDO designed & BEL-manufactured Advanced Electronic Warfare suite for naval ships to the Indian Navy.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has congratulated the DRDO, IAF, and other teams associated with the successful flight trial and stated that this will prove to be a force multiplier for the Indian Armed Forces.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO for the successful flight trial of Abhyas. The current test was carried out as a part of developmental flight trials.
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