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Dr. Abdul Kalam Island, formerly known as Wheeler Island, is an island off the coast of Odisha, India, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) east of the state capital Bhubaneswar. The island was originally named after English commandant Lieutenant Hugh Wheeler. On 4 September 2015, the island was renamed to honour the former Indian president, Dr. A.
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 ...
Candidates in a group task. Services Selection Board (SSB) is an organization that assesses the candidates for becoming officers in the Indian Armed Forces.The board evaluates the suitability of the candidate for becoming an officer using a standardized protocol of evaluation system which constitutes intelligence tests, and personality interviews.
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 thermal cameras located on Abdul Kalam Island also picked up the direct hit through thermal images. [14] On 26 July 2010, AAD was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha's east coast. [29] On 6 March 2011, India launched its indigenously-developed interceptor missile from the Odisha ...
The test was conducted from Abdul Kalam Island (formerly known as Wheeler Island) in Bhadrak district, by army personnel as part of a training exercise. [33] India successfully conducted the first night trial of nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-II from the Abdul Kalam Island of the Odisha coast at 16 Nov 2019.
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. [16] [17] [18] The missile system was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) — a research wing of the Indian defence ...
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.