"MRSAM-Army missile system flight tested from ITR Balasore, Odisha at around 1030 hours intercepting a high-speed aerial target at long range," DRDO said in a tweet.
The seven-storey building, with a plinth area of 1.3 lakh square feet, will house research and development facilities for the development of a fifth-generation medium weight deep penetration fighter jet for the Indian Air Force.
The NSA also called out the Indian authorities for not informing Pakistan immediately that an "inadvertent launch of a cruise missile had taken place".
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the final deliverable configuration of Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM), officials said.
"During the flight trial, high subsonic speed trajectory (of Abhyas) at a very low altitude with high endurance was demonstrated," an official statement from the DRDO stated.
The solid-fuel, battlefield missile developed by DRDO is based on Prithvi Defence Vehicle from the Indian ballistic missile programme.
India on Saturday successfully testfired the nuclear-capable strategic Agni Prime missile off the coast of Odisha from Balasore. The test was carried out by DRDO at 11:06 AM. Talking about the launch, DRDO said telemetry, radar, electro-optical stations and downrange ships positioned along the eastern coast tracked and monitored missile trajectory and parameters. Missile followed textbook trajectory, meeting all mission objectives with the high level of accuracy.
The accused has been identified as Bharat Bhushan Kataria, a senior scientist with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), according to sources.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO for the successful flight test and expressed his happiness for the excellent performance of the system
The weapon, developed for the IAF, can neutralise targets in a range up to 10 km.
While the Pinaka MK-I rocket system has a range of around 40 km, the Pinaka II variant can hit targets at a distance of 60 km. The range of the Pinaka-ER (MK-I variant is not immediately known.
PM Modi formally hands over HAL's light combat helicopter to Indian Air Force, DRDO designed & BEL-manufactured Advanced Electronic Warfare suite for naval ships to the Indian Navy.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has congratulated the DRDO, IAF, and other teams associated with the successful flight trial and stated that this will prove to be a force multiplier for the Indian Armed Forces.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO for the successful flight trial of Abhyas. The current test was carried out as a part of developmental flight trials.
The missile intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aerial target mimicking enemy aircrafts, in its maiden flight test after improvements.
The five ITR employees' seven-day Odisha Police Crime Branch remand ended on Saturday, and they will now be sent to judicial custody.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attended an event at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) in Pune on August 27. While addressing the gathering he said, "It is not possible to make India a superpower without advanced or niche technology. We feel a sense of pride when we think of institutions like the DRDO."
He visited Air Force units and flight test establishments and facilities of DRDO and HAL on Aug 23 and Aug 24, officials said.
India has pitched its indigenously built fighter aircraft LCA Tejas, Anti Tank Guided Missiles, Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK1A) at the International Military-Technical Forum "ARMY-2021" in the Moscow region.
The IAF has started the process of induction of this technology after the completion of successful trials, a DRDO statement said Thursday.
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