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In 2015, 700 ADA employees were working on the project along with 2,000 employees of DRDO. Avatar is a concept study for a robotic single-stage reusable spaceplane capable of horizontal takeoff and landing. The mission concept is for low cost military and commercial satellite space launches.
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).
The DRDO's initial projects included short range 2D systems (Indra-1), but it now manufactures high power 3D systems, airborne surveillance and fire control radars as well. The publicly known projects include: INDRA series of 2D radars meant for the Army and the Air Force use. This was the first high power radar developed by the DRDO, with the ...
A two-year certification period is expected. DRDO is expected to receive the next two aircraft platforms to start integration by mid-2012. [13] [14] [15] Maiden flight of the second fully modified aircraft for the Indian Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) was held at 1930 IST on 4 April 2012 at the San Jose dos Campos in Brazil.
Served as the Director General of DRDO, SA to RM and Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development from 1992 to 1999. Key architect of India's missile and space programmes. Awarded the three highest civilian honours of India: Bharat Ratna , Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan among numerous other accolades from within the country and ...
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services (AFHQCS) is a Group A Central Civil Services with induction at Group B grade, responsible for policy formulation, implementation and providing administrative support through civilian officers and staff to the Tri-services headquarters of Indian Armed Forces and Inter-Services Organizations (ISOs) such as DRDO, DGQA, DGAQA, DGNCC etc under the Ministry ...
Its task was to develop airborne electronic systems on a flying platform for early warning, command and control functions. [1] The programme was carried on until 1999 when the flying platform HS 748 crashed in Tamil Nadu killing all the eight people on board [4 from IAF and 4 from DRDO out of which two were from CABS (Mr P Elango and Mr Shaju)].
The Combat Aircraft Systems Development & Integration Centre (CASDIC) is a laboratory of the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). [1] Located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, [2] it is one of the two DRDO laboratories involved in the research and development of airborne electronic warfare and mission avionics systems.