DRDO
DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Backbone of our defence system
The Defence Research and
Development Organisation
(DRDO) is an agency of the
Republic of India, charged with the
military's research and development,
headquartered in New Delhi, India. It
was formed in 1958 by the merger of
the Technical Development
Establishment and the Directorate of
Technical Development and
Production with the Defence Science
Organization. It is under the
administrative control of the Ministry
of Defence, Government of India.
BrahMos Vijyanta Pinaka
ACTION OF ARMAMENTS
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Projects
Armaments
Aeronautics
Small Arms
Hal Programmes
Explosives
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Artillery System and Ammunition
Indigenization Efforts
Tank Armaments
Electronics and Computer Sciences
Missile System
Small Arms
Explosives IGMDP
Artillery System and Ammunition Prithvi Ballistic Missile
Tank Armaments Agni Ballistic Missile
Surface to Air missiles
Nag Anti tank missile
Naval Research and Development
Brahmos Missile
Shaurya
Sonars
Sagarika
Torpedos
Sudarshan
Information Command And Control System
Combat Vehicles And Engineering
Tanks and armoured vehicles
Explosives
Artillery System and Ammunition
Tank Armaments
Aeronautics
Tejas LCA Project with HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics LTD)
Upgrade Programme s for Sepecat Jaguar & MIG 27
HAL AMCA (Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft)
Fifth generation fighter aircraft
Avatar
(Aerobic Vehicle for Transatmospheric Hypersonic Aerospace
TrAnspoRtation)
concept for a unmanned single-stage reusable space plane capable of
horizontal takeoff and landing
Armaments
Vijyanta
Small Armaments
INSAS (Indian Small Armament System)
Explosives
Chemical Kit for Detection of Explosives (CKDE)
Explosive Detection Kit
Indian CL 20 Explosive
Pinaka
Artillery system and ammunition
Pinaka Multi barrel Rocket Launcher
Light weight Infantry platoon Mortar
Long Range Tactical Rocket system
Vijyanta Tank
Retarder Tail Units (IAF)
Missile System
Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme
Agni IV
Prithvi Ballistic missile
Agni Ballistic Missile
Akash SAM
Trishul SAM
Nag Anti Tank Missile
Agni V
Brahmos Missile
Shaurya BrahMos
Sagarika
Sudarshan
Prahaar
Electronics & Computer Sciences
Electronic Warfare (EW) system for all the formations of defence
RADARs :
1. Indra (2D RADAR for INA and IAF)
2. Rajendra Fire control RADAR
3. Central Acquisition Radar
4. BFSR-SR (2D short-range Battle Field Surveillance Radar)
Command & control Software + Decision Making tool
Tactical tools for war gaming: Shatranj and Sangram for the Army
Sagar for the Navy and air war software for the Air Force
All these systems are operational with the respective services
LASTEC (Laser Science & Technology centre)
Future and current projects
1. Non Lethal System
Hand-held laser dazzler
Crowd-control dazzlers
Laser-based ordnance disposal system
2. Lethal System
Jholokia spray
Air defence dazzlers
25-kilowatt laser systems
100-kilowatt solid-state laser systems
Combat Vehicles & Engineering
Tanks & armoured Vehicle
Ajay Upgrade
Anti Tank Ammunition: FASPDS (Kinetic Energy Penetrator)
Arjun Tank
Armoured engineering Reconnaissance Vehicle
Armoured Amphibious Dozer
Bridge Layer tank
Amphibious floating bridge and ferry system
Arjun Bridge layer Tank
DRDO Daksh (Tracking robot with staircase ability) Daksh
IN DEVELOPMENT
Abhay IFV (Infantry Combat vehicle)
Tank Ex (Arjun turret mounted over T-72 chassis)
Tank Ex
Naval Research & Development
1. SONAR Atlas Elektronik Sonar (ACTAS)
APSOH (Advanced Panoramic Sonar Hull Mounted )
HUMVAD (Hull Mounted Variable Depth Sonar)
HUMSA (series of APSOH, Hull Mounted Sonar Array)
Nagin (Towered Array Sonar)
2. Light weight Torpedos are in process
3. Under Development
Advanced Light Torpedo SHYENA
NSTL Advanced Lightweight Torpedo
NSTL Varunastra Heavyweight Torpedo
Plans
1. Long Range SAM (Barak 8 Missiles)
2. Astra BVRAAM (Astra Missile)
3. Lightweight launcher
4. Anti Ballistic Missile Defence Project
5. Anti Satellite weapon
6. Communication centric Intelligence Satellite (CCI SAT)
