Defence Research and Development Organisation

Rajnath Singh becomes first Defence Minister to fly in Tejas fighter aircraft

11:15 am September 19, 2019

Bengaluru: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday flew in the Tejas fighter aircraft from the HAL airport in Bengaluru, becoming the first defence minister to fly in the indigenously-built light combat aircraft (LCA). Wearing a G suit, the minister buckled himself in the seat behind the pilot in the aircraft. He was accompanied by Air […]

DRDO UAV crashes in farmland in Karnataka, none injured

8:49 pm September 17, 2019

Bengaluru: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Defence Research and Development Organisation crashed during a trial in an agriculture field in Chitradurga district on Tuesday, police said. However, no casualties were reported. The DRDO tweeted, “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) being developed by DRDO on experimental flight trial in new configuration has crash landed […]

DRDO UAV crashes in farmland in Karnataka, none injured

10:43 am September 17, 2019

Bengaluru: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Defence Research and Development Organisation crashed during a trial in an agriculture field in Chitradurga district on Tuesday, a video of which has gone viral. However, no casualties were reported. The incident created quite a scare at Jodi Chillenahalli village as a loud noise was heard […]

DRDO chief G Satheesh Reddy gets two-year extension

India will become self-reliant in defence production in next 5 years: DRDO chief

8:24 pm July 26, 2019

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Satheesh Reddy asserted on Friday that India will become completely self-reliant in defence manufacturing in the next five years and will not need critical technologies from outside. He said India is self-reliant in a number of areas such as radars, electronic warfare system, torpedoes and communications […]

Army conducts successful trials of NAG missiles

10:15 pm July 19, 2019

New Delhi: The Indian Army “successfully” conducted trials of third generation anti-tank guided missile NAG at Pokhran firing ranges, paving the way for its induction. The trials were carried out between July 7 and 18. NAG missile has been developed to engage highly fortified enemy tanks in all weather conditions with day and night capabilities […]

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