DRDO MILESTONES

1996

Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment develops

Arjun, India’s own main battle tank

2011

First flight of

NETRA, the airborne early warning and control system

2009

Akash, the first surface-to-air missile designed and developed indigenously inducted into service. It has a range of 30 km

2017

ATAGS, an indigenous 155 mm x 52 calibre howitzer gun, the world’s longest-range 155 mm gun, developed 2001 Tejas, India’s own fighter jet, developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency, takes first flight 2019 ASAT tested during Mission Shakti

2002

Agni-1, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead missile, developed. Its range—700 km