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The DRDO was established in 1958 by combining the Defence Science Organisation and some of the technical development establishments. A separate Department of Defence Research and Development was formed in 1980, which later administered DRDO and its almost 30 laboratories and establishments (there were almost 52 labs before merging).
Machilipatnam Test Range Project is a missile test range facility being built by DRDO of India. As of 2012 the project is proposed to be set up at Gollalamoda village in Nagayalanka mandal of Krishna district near the coastal town of Machilipatnam. [1] The project requires over 260 acres of land with an investment of Rs 1000 Crores. [2]
The DRDO is also developing an all new ESM project in cooperation with the Indian Air Force's Signals Intelligence Directorate, under the name of "Divya Drishti" (Divine Sight). Divya Drishti will field a range of static as well as mobile ESM stations that can "fingerprint" and track multiple airborne targets for mission analysis purposes.
It is alleged that the accused scientist, Pradeep Kurulkar who is a director at one of the DRDO labs in Pune, passed confidential information to a Pakistani intelligence operative. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The case is a serious security breach, and it has raised concerns about the safety of India's defence secrets and nuclear weapons .
Times Now news quoting DRDO scientists reports that this design ensures optimum fuel use and stability for the aircraft. [15] The Ghatak UCAV is projected to weigh less than a fighter jet and is intended to be powered by a 'dry engine' derivative of GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri turbofan engine capable of producing a thrust of 52 kN. [5]
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On 13 December 2024, the DRDO successfully conducted the final test of the Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) propulsion based missile system from a static launcher at the Launch Complex-III of the Integrated Test Range in Odisha. The missile achieved a speed over Mach 3 and knocked out an aerial target successfully. [16]
The DRDO Anti-Radiation Missile or NGARM now officially named Rudram-1 was successfully test-fired from Integrated Test Range, Balasore on 9 October 2020. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] DRDO is planning final test flight between 28 and 29 December 2021 before moving Rudram-1 for serial production from 2022.