DRDO ( Defence research and development organisation) is an agency under the ministry of defence of India .
Headquarter :- New Delhi
Formed :- 1958
In today's time, the Indian defence and Integillance system comes in selected countries which have developed technology indigenously.
India comes in the top 7 countries that have their own fourth generation’s Combat Aircraft Main Battle tank .
Apart from all this, India comes in the top 6 countries which have developed Nuclear Powered Submarine indigenously.
India is among the 5 countries in the world which has its own Balacetic Missile Defense Program.
India is one of the four countries that have their own Airborne Early Warning and control system aircraft.
Above all, India is the only country in the world with Russia which has a fully operational supersonic cruise missile.
And like all these, India too was based on the world class system on military equipment, which is developed on the modern day technology in Defence research and development organisation in which Indian defence system ha important RND power house.
So, we discuss about some of the achievements of design that make India the most different state in the world.
TEJAS
Tejas which is India’s Light Combat Aircraft and the smallest and lightest multirole supersonic fighter aircraft in its class with all its variants.
This aircraft is a big step in the country’s strength in terms of air strength and towards making the country self-sufficient.
Tejas has been assigned to 35 Squadron of Indian Aircraft named Flying Daggers.
AEW&C
Airborne Early Warning And Control System is the third eye of India in the sky.
This is the weapon of India in which Airborn help military by indentify surface target and surveillance , tracking , classification.
This aircraft is capable of destroying the hostile target with its own interceptor by assessing every single threat moving towards India.
Rustom-II
Multimission. Median , altitude long endurance UAV that plays roles like Intelligence Surveillance for all three services of Indian ARM Forces with 24-hour endurance.
Nakshatra
Aerostat system which is a very good platform to mount sensors.
And especially it is used for surveillance and communication for different types of applications of civil and military.
Netra
Mini unmanned aerial vehicle which is man portable light weight aerial vehicle.
It is also used for surveillance , echonance operation and nuclear contaminated area’s radiological surveillance.
IR FLARES
The IR Flares are used to save the transport aircrafts from IR guided missile.
ASTRA
Unit cost: ₹7−8 crore
Maximum speed: 4.5
Used by: Indian navy and Indian Air force
Variants: Astra Mk 1, Astra Mk 2, Astra IR, Astra Mk 3Launch platform.
AKASH
Launch platform:BMP-2 chassis or Tata Motors Heavy Mobility
Flight altitude: 18 km (59,000 ft)
LR SAM
MR SAM
BRAHMOS
BrahMos is a medium range supersonic cruise missile developed by Russia and India .
The name brahMos is named after the Brahmaputra river of India and Moscow on the river Russia.
PINAKA MK – II
ATAGS
WHAP
There are following sonar developed by DRDO :-
- LFDS :- low frequency danking sonar.
- MAAREECH
- VRUNASTRA .
