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The Defence Research and Development Organisation and the Indian Air Force have conducted the successful flight-tests of RudraM-II air-to-surface missiles from an airborne platform, the defence ministry said . Read More.....

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October 6 DRDO espionage case DRDO espionage case moved further and Odisha Police said, four facebook accounts of the suspected female operative were from Pakistan. Out of the four accounts, three were operated from Islamabad and one was from Rawalpindi, informed Crime Branch ADG Sanjeev Panda. The woman is  suspected to be the 'handler' of the spy ring. However, it is yet to be confirmed so far whether the mysterious woman belongs to Pakistan or not, ADG said. Some of the Facebook accounts still remain active and further chats are being noticed by the crime branch. The crime branch has collected some chats between the accused and the suspected woman operative and some of chats were deleted, ADG said. As said by ADG, Crime branch has sought the technical data from different agencies. If required, we may take the five accused on remand for further interrogation'. The Odisha police on September 14 had arrested five former contractual employees of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) unit at Chandipur on charges of sharing defence information with unknown foreign agents.     Read the full article

A new version of the Akash Missile – ‘Akash Prime’ has been successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha on 27 September 2021. The missile intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aerial target mimicking enemy aircrafts, in its maiden flight test after improvements. In comparison to the existing Akash System, Akash-Prime is equipped with an indigenous active Radio Frequency (RF) seeker for improved accuracy. Other improvements also ensure more reliable performance under low temperature environments at higher altitudes. Modified ground system of the existing Akash weapon system has been used for the current flight test. The range stations of ITR comprising Radars, Electro Optical Tracking System (EOTS) and Telemetry stations monitored the missile trajectory and flight parameters. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has congratulated DRDO, Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) and industry for the successful trials of Akash Prime Missile. He stated that the successful flight test proves the competence of DRDO in design and development of world class Missile systems. Secretary DDR&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy congratulated the team for the successful flight trial of Akash Prime Missile. He said that the Akash Prime system will further boost the confidence of the users (Indian Army and Indian Air Force) as the Akash system is already inducted and now getting improved with more lethal missiles. Read the full article

#DRDO today conducts Successful Maiden Flight Test of #Akash Prime #Missile from Integrated Test Range (ITR), #Chandipur, #Odisha. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUWd6nIhJkm/?utm_medium=tumblr