Hypersonic missiles, next-gen BrahMos, new air defence: DRDO chief reveals long list of India's future-ready weaponsIndia boosts its defense might with indigenous technologies. DRDO is developing hypersonic missiles and long-range air defense systems. Bra...
20 Jun, 2025, 12.16 PM IST
Karnataka-DRDO ink pact to support defence startupsAccording to the agreement with the government of Karnataka, startups, MSMEs and industries will be given access to DRDO’s testing faciliti...
20 Nov, 2024, 09.11 PM IST
3 Scientists detained after papers leaked to ISIThe missile, which is supersonic, can be fired from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. This person had been working at the Technical Rese...
09 Oct, 2018, 07.40 AM IST
Alpha Design signs $30 million deal with Elbit for IAF's MI-17 helicopter upgradeThe programme involves upgrading of 90 Mi-17 helicopters and Alpha Design, as the major offset partner, will be manufacturing all key sub-u...
15 Jul, 2018, 01.46 PM IST
Wildlife Board okays Andamans’ Rutland Island for DRDO’s missile testing projectDRDO has been struggling to get its long range missile test facility since 2012 when the proposal was moved across the government.
14 Jul, 2018, 09.06 PM IST
IAF inducts DRDO’s air early warning system for detecting enemy missiles & planesThe system is equipped with a 240-degree coverage radars in contrast to the existing Phalcons, which provide a 360-degree coverage over a 4...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.44 PM IST
DRDO cracks whip on scientist Prabhu Dandriyal for writing to PM Narendra ModiDRDO has warned a whistleblower who was also one of its former scientists on possible action against his pension for writing letters to Modi
11 Jul, 2018, 01.12 PM IST
Agni Putri to head DRDO’s aeronautical projectsA celebrated missile scientist, Tessy had shattered the glass ceiling when she was chosen to oversee the launch of the Agni missiles.
30 May, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
DAC approves procurement of Nag missile system, 13 guns"In a boost to indigenisation, the DAC approved the procurement of DRDO’s designed and developed NAG Missile System (NAMIS) at the cost of ...
27 Apr, 2018, 09.56 PM IST
Unable to open page, ‘hi-tech’ DRDO tweets to FB for helpDRDO’s tweet was deleted around three hours later. “It was just an operational issue and it is sorted now. There was no hacking,” a DRDO sp...
21 Jan, 2017, 03.33 PM IST
Defence Expo 2016: Not threatened by new DPP giving benefit to private players, says DRDODRDO said that we always look at possibility of utilising newer technology for improving upon the AGNI missile series.
29 Mar, 2016, 12.41 PM IST
With Agni-5 ballistic missiles, Beijing now within India’s rangeIndia successfully test-fired Agni-5, a nuclear-capable, intercontinental, surface-to-surface ballistic missile, that can reach Beijing.
16 Sep, 2013, 05.12 AM IST
Meghalaya keen on trying DRDOs eco-friendly toiletsThe eco-friendly bio-digester toilets mainly used by the army in high altitude regions of the Himalayas has caught the fascination of Mukul...
24 Jun, 2013, 03.22 PM IST
- Why can't India make its own arms?
India has the dubious distinction of heading the list of the world’s biggest arms importers.
01 Aug, 2010, 12.15 PM IST
- Battleready: DRDO hands over 16 Arjun tanks to Army
With the delivery of 16 Arjun tanks, the Army was on Monday equipped with the first armoured regiment of the indigenously built Main Battle...
26 May, 2009, 04.14 PM IST
- DRDO rejig likely on lines of global labs
India will attempt to transform its Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) over the next three years by consolidating around ...
11 Mar, 2009, 02.15 AM IST
- PM asks rural development officers to improve farm income
Faced with a serious crisis in the agriculture sector, PM Manmohan Singh on Monday asked the district rural development officers (DRDOs) to...
17 Oct, 2006, 12.07 AM IST