Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) : News and Updates
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ISRO chairman S Somanath on Thursday said that there was a lack of sufficient aerodynamic testing facilities in India and therefore, huge investments need to be made to create such facilities.Speaking at the #SAROD2024 "So, many of the test programs that were required to be done for the future aero vehicles were actually cut down and at one point we were told to do more simulations than testing.But, as time goes by, we realised that this is not the case. It became clear that the complementary nature of analysis and simulation with testing will continue. I think the present understanding is that it will continue stronger and more rigorously," Somanath said in his speech.He said that ISRO has a certain degree of test facilities, but only 30 per cent of the test requirements could be carried out internally for the Gaganyaan program."Much of the test requirements were not able to be met even with the national facilities and we had to go outside the country seeking help from many other testing agencies in the world to generate data..," he said
We need to build wind tunnels like this for fighter programs. The ADA team is flying to France to refine the design.
Can someone please download this chapter if they have Springer subscription?
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Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory: Relentless Journey Towards Materials Galore
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) at Hyderabad had its origins as one of the earliest laboratories under the umbrella of the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) during 1958. DMRL was initially carved out of the Technical Development...
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DRDO currently has 328 ongoing projects (excluding strategic projects) amounting to approximately ₹99,898 crore (including User share). These projects are categorized as follows:
- 55 Mission Mode (MM) projects
- 197 Technology Demonstration (TD) projects
- 34 Infrastructure & Facilities (IP) projects
- 19 Science & Technology (S&T) projects
- 20 Product Support (PS) projects
- 3 User Trial (UT) projects
MRSAM, Astra are 2 that I know are in PS, akash also, the grenades, antennas that were procured before etc. Since you need product support for each inducted system, manpower need is huge of course. Hence the missile cluster chose dccp route, which should be the choice across the other labs too.