New Delhi: A high-calibre bomb was successfully tested today at the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL)-a facility of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)-located in Ramgarh in the Panchkula district of Haryana.
The test was conducted amidst comprehensive security arrangements and under the supervision of senior officials from the Air Force.
According to officials, the trial was successful and was executed in strict adherence to established safety protocols.
In view of the scheduled test, TBRL, the District Administration, and the Police Administration had already issued a high alert. As part of the security protocol, special surveillance was maintained in the surrounding areas.
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It was anticipated that bomb fragments could fly up to a distance of 1.5 kilometres during the trial. A radius of 2 kilometres was declared a sensitive zone from a security perspective. The villages of Bhanu and Billa were issued specific instructions to exercise extreme caution.
Last month, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully completed the final deliverable configuration development trials of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 in Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Air modes at DRDO test range near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.
The trials were carried out using an integrated Ground Control System (GCS) to command and control the ULPGM weapon system. The GCS features state-of-the-art technologies to automate readiness and launch operations.
DRDO has partnered with two production agencies - Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad and Adani Defence Systems & Technologies Limited, Hyderabad - for the development and production of the missiles. The system has been integrated on UAVs developed by Newspace Research and Technologies, Bengaluru for current trials.
he ULPGM missile has been developed by Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad as the nodal lab along with other DRDO laboratories namely Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) Hyderabad, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune.
The missile has been produced entirely through the Indian defence ecosystem involving a large number of MSMEs and other industries. The trials confirmed fully mature domestic supply chain, equipped for immediate serial mass production.
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