New Delhi: India’s premier intelligence-gathering satellite EMISAT, operated by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has taken a good look at the positions of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in occupied Tibet. The satellite which carries Kautilya, an ELINT (electronic intelligence) package whose “capabilities are among the most highly-classified and closely-guarded aspects of operation […]
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DRDO develops devices to sanitise phones, currency notes
Hyderabad: The RCI, a premier laboratory of DRDO based at Hyderabad, has developed an automated contactless UVC sanitising cabinet to sanitise mobile phones, iPads, laptops, currency notes, cheque leafs, challans, passbooks, and paper. Research Centre Imarat (RCI), a part of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), developed the Defence Research Ultraviolet Sanitiser (DRUVS). DRDO said on […]
DRDO develops sanitiser dispensing unit
New Delhi: In the fight against Covid-19, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed automatic mist-based sanitiser dispensing unit and hand-held UV device which can enhance the operations at public places during the pandemic, the organisation said on Friday. The Centre for Fire Explosive & Environment Safety (CFEES) in Delhi using mist technology for […]
DRDO shifts PPE testing facility from Gwalior to Delhi
New Delhi: To overcome the time delays in the swift delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and masks, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has shifted its testing facility from Gwalior to Delhi. The facility set at the Defence Research Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, has been shifted to the Institute of Nuclear Medicine […]
Railways’ PPE kit passes DRDO test
New Delhi: The railways has passed the test conducted by DRDO for the Personal Protection Equipment manufactured by Jagadhari workshop to fight Covid-19. A statement issues by Deepak Kumar, CPRO Northern Railways, said: “Northern Railway Jagadhari Workshop becomes the first workshop whose two PPEs/ Coverall sample passed the DRDO test. This will be helpful in […]
Railways’ PPE kit passes DRDO test
New Delhi: The railways has passed the test conducted by DRDO for the Personal Protection Equipment manufactured by Jagadhari workshop to fight Covid-19. A statement issues by Deepak Kumar, CPRO Northern Railways, said: “Northern Railway Jagadhari Workshop becomes the first workshop whose two PPEs/ Coverall sample passed the DRDO test. This will be helpful in […]
DRDO’s quick-reaction missile test successful
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested indigenously developed Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system from Chandipur off the Odisha coast on Monday. “The missile was flight-tested with full configuration in deployment mode intercepting the target mid-air, meeting the mission objectives. The entire event was monitored by Ground Telemetry Systems, […]
5 successful test-flights of Astra missile conducted
New Delhi: The Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) conducted five successful test-flights of air-to-air missile Astra between September 16 and 19 over the Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast, officials said here on Thursday. The Beyond Visual Range missiles were fired from the Sukhoi-30 MKI platform from Chandipur. An official said the trials were […]
India successfully test-fires air-to-air missile Astra
New Delhi: India’s indigenously designed air-to-air missile Astra was successfully test-fired from the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha, the DRDO said on Tuesday. The beyond-visual-range missile was launched from Sukhoi-30 MKI as a part of user trials. A defence official said as part of the trial, the live aerial target was engaged […]
DRDO successfully tests third-generation anti-tank missile
New Delhi: The indigenously-developed Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) was successfully tested by the Defence Research Development Organization in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool on Wednesday. The test on Wednesday was the third stage of successful testing of the MPATGM, a low-weight fire-and-forget missile. The missile was launched from a man portable Tripod launcher and […]