DRDO and Indian Navy Conduct Successful Trial of BMD Interceptor

Tags: Defence Science and Technology

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully conducted a maiden flight trial of sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal on April 21.

An overview of the news

• The objective of the test was to target and destroy the effect of an enemy ballistic missile threat.

• The test could place the Indian Navy in an elite club of nations with BMD capabilities.

• Earlier, DRDO had successfully demonstrated the capability of the surface-based BMD system and thus achieved the capability to neutralize incoming ballistic missile threats from the enemy.

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

• It is a premier defence research and development agency under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

• It is working on several cutting-edge military technology areas, including aeronautics, armaments, combat vehicles, electronics, instrumentation, engineering systems, missiles, materials, naval systems, advanced computing, simulation, cyber, hypersonic technology, quantum computing and communications

• DRDO's first project for the Indian military was in surface-to-air missiles (SAM) known as Project Indigo.

• Since inception, DRDO has made several breakthroughs in developing key systems and critical technologies such as aircraft avionics, UAVs, small arms, artillery systems, EW systems, tanks and armoured vehicles, sonar systems, command and control systems and missile systems

• It aims to make India self-reliant in critical defence technology and systems.

• It was set up in 1958.

• Headquarters - New Delhi

• Chairman - Samir V Kamat