Defence Research and Development Laboratory

Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) is an Indian missile development laboratory, part of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Their charter is centered on the design, development and flight evaluation of various types of missile systems for the Indian armed forces. The organisation's vision statement[1] reads:

"Be a design and development house for missile based weapon systems required for tactical applications from multiple platforms."

and its stated mission[1] is to:

"Develop the state of the art infrastructure and technologies required for different classes of missiles. Transfer the technology to production agency for guided missile products."

History

In 1958, the government of India constituted a team of Indian engineers, mostly from the Indian Ordnance Factories- called the Special Weapons Development Team - to research guided missile weapons development. This team was later expanded into DRDL, a full-fledged laboratory, in June 1961, at the campus of Defence Science Centre, Delhi.[2] It later shifted to Hyderabad after the state government granted them the former Nizam's army barracks. This was the genesis of the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL),[3] under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

References
  1. http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs1/DRDL/English/indexnew.jsp?pg=homepage.jsp
  2. "http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs1/DRDL/English/indexnew.jsp?pg=about-lab.jsp". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012. External link in |title= (help)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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