The DRDO has successfully conducted a flight trial of... its long range hypersonic missile on 16th Nov 2024 from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off-the-coast of Odisha. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has congratulated DRDO, Armed Forces and the Industry for successful flight trial of country's first long range hypersonic mission, and termed it a historic achievement.show more

The DRDO has conducted the Maiden Flight Test of... Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) from a mobile articulated launcher at ITR Chandipur. Raksha Mantri, Shri Rajnath Singh has congratulated DRDO, Armed Forces, and Industry on the successful Maiden Flight Test of LRLACM. He has said that the test paves the way for future indigenous cruise missile development programmes.show more

The DRDO has successfully conducted the Release Trials of... Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB) ‘Gaurav’ during 8-10 April 2025 from the SU-30 MKI. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh complimented DRDO, IAF and industry for successful development trials of the Long Range Glide Bomb ‘Gaurav’. He said the development of ‘Gaurav’ will further enhance the capabilities of the Armed Forces to a great extent.show more

DRDO today successfully flight tested Supersonic Missile Assisted Release... of Torpedo( SMART) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय/ RMO India Ministry of Defence, Government of Indiashow more

The DRDO has successfully conducted three successive flight trials... of Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. These tests were carried out to revalidate the capability of VSHORADS missile system in neutralizing high speed threats flying at varying speed, range and altitude.show more

Just in: India's DRDO and Navy successfully test-fired the... new short-range anti-ship missile NASM-SR for the first time from a helicopter off Odisha's coast.show more

#WATCH | DRDO has successfully demonstrated the flight trial... of Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator, an indigenous high-speed flying wing UAV from the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga in Karnataka. With this flight in the tailless configuration, India has joined the elite club of countries that have mastered the controls for the Flying wing configuration.show more

India has carried out the successful launch of Intermediate... Range Agni-Prime Missile from a Rail based Mobile launcher system. This next generation missile is designed to cover a range up to 2000 km and is equipped with various advanced features. The first-of-its-kind launch carried out from specially designed Rail based Mobile Launcher, has the capability to move on Rail network without any pre-conditions that allows User to have a cross country mobility and launch within a short reaction time with reduced visibility. Congratulations to DRDO, Strategic Forces Command (SFC) and the Armed Forces on successful test of Intermediate Range Agni-Prime missile. This successful flight test has put India in the group of select nations having capabilities that have developed canisterised launch system from on the move rail network.show more

China has successfully tested a new hypersonic glide vehicle,... the DF-27A, capable of Mach 8.6 speeds and an 8,000 km range, experts say. The missile covered 2,100 km in 12 minutes, highlighting China’s rapidly advancing anti-ship and long-range strike capabilities.show more

In a major boost to India’s defence capabilities, DRDO... successfully carried out flight trials of UAV Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 in the National Open Area Range (NOAR), test range in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. ULPGM-V3 is an enhanced version of the ULPGM-V2 missile developed and delivered by DRDO earlier. Ministry of Defence, Government of India रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय/ RMO Indiashow more

Another Big Achievement for Bharat 🇮🇳☄️🎯 India has successfully... conducted the Release Trials of Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB) ‘Gaurav’ from the SU-30 MKI, successfully targeting range close to 100 kms on land with pin point accuracyshow more

IG Defence’s indigenous KAL one-way attack drone has completed... its first trial at the Pokhran test range. Designed for long-range precision strikes, the KAL has a reported range of up to 1,000 kilometres, endurance of 7–8 hours, payload capacity of up to 50 kilograms and operating altitude of around 5,000 metresshow more

DRDO successfully conducted release trials of the 1000-kg class... Long-Range Glide Bomb (LRGB) ‘Gaurav’ from Su-30 MKI between Apr 8-10, 2025. Achieving 100 km range with pinpoint accuracy, the indigenously developed weapon marks a major boost for #IAF’s strike capability. Read more:show more

🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦 Europe’s top missile maker MBDA has successfully tested... the new CROSSBOW long-range cruise missile designed specifically for Ukraine, marking another major step in providing affordable, US-component-free deep-strike capabilities to Kyiv. The largest European arms corporation, MBDA, has announced the successful test launch of the CROSSBOW cruise missile, specially developed for Ukraine under the Project Brakestop program. 🚀 The missile’s warhead weighs approximately 300 kg, with a flight range of over 800 km. Project Brakestop is a UK Ministry of Defence initiative launched in November 2024 to create cheap, mass-produced, long-range cruise missiles for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A key condition is the complete exclusion of American-made components and US-supplied data. Video is generated by Grok AIshow more

China on Wednesday successfully conducted a low-altitude demonstration and... verification flight test for its Long March-10 carrier rocket and a maximum dynamic pressure abort flight test for its new-generation crewed spaceship system Mengzhou in the southern island province of Hainan, marking a major breakthrough for the country's future crewed lunar landing missions. The return capsule of the new-generation Mengzhou crewed spaceship has safely splashed down in the predetermined sea area, according to the China Manned Space Agency.show more

Big boost to India’s naval capability. DRDO and the... Indian Navy successfully conducted four in flight release trials of the indigenous ADC 150 from the P 8I aircraft off the Goa coast. The ADC 150 can deliver a 150 kg payload to ships at sea, enabling rapid supply of critical stores, equipment, and medical aid during emergencies.show more

DRDO & #IndianNavy successfully carried out the maiden salvo... launch of the Naval Anti-Ship Missile – Short Range (#NASM-SR) from a naval helicopter over the Bay of Bengal (Odisha). Test validated multi-missile engagement, guidance precision, and seamless rotary-wing integration. A major boost to India’s indigenous anti-ship strike capability and helicopter-based #ASuW.show more

DRDO and IAF successfully flight-tested the indigenous ASTRA BVRAAM... with an indigenous 🇮🇳 RF seeker from a Su-30 MKI off the Odisha coast on July 11, 2025. 2 missiles were launched against high-speed unmanned targets at multiple ranges, both hitting the targets with pinpoint accuracy.show more