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DRDO conducts successful flight test of SFDR technology
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully conducted a flight test of solid fuel ducted ramjet(SFDR) technology from a test range in Odisha, official sources said. During the test all subsystems including the ground booster motor have performed as expected, the DRDO said. The successful demonstration of SFDR technology has provided DRDO …
DRDO successfully tests Ramjet technology to help develop long-range missiles
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully conducted another test of the Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology, which is crucial for the indigenous development of the long-range air-to-air missiles. Pune-based DRDO facility High Energy Material Research Laboratory (HEMRL) has played a key role in the development of the technology. The DRDO …
Rajnath Singh on National Technology Day
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the occasion of National Technology Day stressed the need for India to become self-reliant and ‘net exporter of technology’. He addressed the scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on the occasion of National Technology Day (NTD) in here today through video conference. “In the last five years, we …
30 companies to manufacture ‘counter Covid-19 products’ with DRDO technology
At least 30 companies will manufacture a range of ‘counter Covid-19′ products with technology provided by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). These are non-medicine products, such as ventilators, sanitisers, PPE, face shield and isolation shelters. Notable among them is the Bengaluru-based PSU, Bharat Electronics Ltd, which will produce 30,000 ventilators. Dr Mayank Dwivedi, Director, …
India needs technology and logical temperament, says PM Narendra Modi
Speaking to a gathering of scientists and students, the prime minister said technology had played a decisive role in various schemes and projects under the BJP government. Aadhaar-related benefits, rural electrification, improving sanitation and building houses for the poor, among other initiatives were aided by modern technology. “Friends, we need a revolution in …
Now, IIT & IISc will help forces to get futuristic defence technologies
New Delhi: The government has set up a national task force to help bring in the country’s premier technical and scientific institutes to work on ‘futuristic defence technologies’ and address defence and security requirements of the country indigenously. The task force on ‘DRDO-Academia Interaction for achieving leadership in futuristic technologies’ was set up last week …
DRDO signs pacts on Transfer of Technology with 16 companies
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday signed 30 licensing agreements for Transfer of Technology (ToT) with 16 Indian companies, including three start-ups, a statement said. The pacts were signed at the Vibrant Goa Global Expo and Summit 2019, which is being held at Goa University, Taleigao in Goa between October 17-19. The …
The Technology and Significance of India’s Indigenous Hypersonic Cruise Missile
At 11:25AM today, India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the first on-field test of its ambitious project to build a hypersonic unmanned scramjet cruise missile. The Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) has been in the making for a very long time, and today marked the first real-world test of the hypersonic vehicle using …
