Defence Research and Development Laboratory
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| Established | June 1961 |
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| Address | Kanchanbagh Hyderabad 500058 |
Operating agency | Defence Research and Development Organization |
Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) is an Indian missile development laboratory, part of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). Their charter is centered on the design, development, and flight evaluation of various types of missile systems for the Indian armed forces. The organization's vision statement[1] reads:
"Be a design and development house for missile based weapon systems required for tactical applications from multiple platforms."
Its stated mission[1] is to:
"Develop the state of the art infrastructure and technologies required for different classes of missiles. Transfer the technology to production agency for guided missile products."
History
[edit]In 1958, the government of India constituted a team of Indian engineers, mostly from the Indian Ordnance Factories- called the Special Weapons Development Team - to research guided missile weapons development. It was founded by S. P. Chakravarti, the father of Electronics and Telecommunication engineering in India, who also founded DLRL and LRDE.[2] This team was later expanded into DRDL, a full-fledged laboratory, in June 1961, at the campus of Defence Science Centre, Delhi.[3] It later shifted to Hyderabad after the state government granted them the former Nizam's army barracks. This was the genesis of the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL),[4] under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Products
[edit]Weapon systems developed by DRDL include:-[5]
- Akash surface-to-air missile
- Astra air-to-air missile
- Nag anti-tank guided missile
- QRSAM surface-to-air missile
References
[edit]- ^ a b "DRDL - Homepage | Defence Research & Development Laboratory DRDO DRDO". drdo.gov.in. Archived 11 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL]
- ^ Mitra, S.N. (August 1982). "Prof. S.P. Chakravarti (1904–1981)". IETE Journal of Research. 28 (8): 385–390. doi:10.1080/03772063.1982.11452762.
- ^ "Historical Background". Defence Research and Development Laboratory. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "Missile shield". Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "Products | Defence Research and Development Organisation - DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Government of India". www.drdo.gov.in. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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