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Manohar Parrikar, the then Defence Minister of India, on 15 October 2015 renamed DRDO Missile Complex at Hyderabad into Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex, after Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the former President of India also regarded as the Missile Man of India. [4] [3] [5]
The Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally inaugurated the ₹400 crore, Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT) test facility at the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex on December 19, 2020. With a nozzle exit diameter of one meter and the ability to replicate speeds between Mach 5 to 12, the HWT facility is an enclosed free jet facility powered ...
This led to the birth of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme with Dr. Abdul Kalam, who had previously been the project director for the SLV-3 programme at ISRO, was inducted as the DRDL Director in 1983 to conceive and lead it. While the scientists proposed the development of each missile consecutively, the Defence Minister R ...
The lab is responsible for research and development of missile systems, guided weapons and advanced avionics for the Indian Armed Forces. [2] It was established by APJ Abdul Kalam in 1988. [3] It is currently headed by Anindya Biswas. He is the new Director of RCI Hyderabad with effect from July 1, 2023. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex Houses following 3 laboratories: Advanced Systems Laboratory Research and development on motors, jet vanes and structures for launch vehicles and missiles Research Centre Imarat (Develops navigation and electromechanical actuation systems)
SMART missile launch from Integrated Test Range.. On 5 October 2020, The first successful test of SMART was done from Abdul Kalam Island.This was part of demonstration test to check missile flight for maximum range and altitude, separation of the nose cone, release of torpedo and deployment of velocity reduction mechanism.
The Integrated Test Range (ITR) is a missile testing facility composed of two complexes - Launch Complex-IV (LC-IV) located on Abdul Kalam Island and Launch Complex-III (LC-III) located at Chandipur. As of April 2024, DRDO is working to establish a missile test range at Junput area in West Bengal .
The interceptor struck a test satellite at a 283 km (176 mi) altitude in low Earth orbit (LEO), thus making Mission Shakti a successful ASAT missile test. The interceptor was launched at around 05:40 UTC at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Abdul Kalam Island and hit its target after 168 seconds. Microsat-R was the suspected target of the test.