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DRDO anti-drone technology

With rising use of drones, DRDO develops own counter technology. Indigenous - The DRDO is developing an indigenous counter-drone technology, which is capable of counter-attacks including detection, soft kill and hard kill of all types of drones. The counter-drone system is ready for production and is already demonstrated to armed services and other internal security agencies. Technology - The technology is transferred to Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru, who is the production agency for the system. In addition, Transfer of Technology is given to four more Indian firms for production of anti-drone systems. TAPAS - The Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle…

12 January, 2024 DRDO

ADVANCED TOWED ARTILLERY GUN SYSTEM (ATAGS)

ADVANCED TOWED ARTILLERY GUN SYSTEMS (ATAGS) User trials of the indigenous Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) jointly with private industry are scheduled to be resumed later this month and the trials will be completed by mid-2021. The ATAGS is a 155-mm, 52-calibre artillery gun jointly developed by the DRDO in partnership with Bharat Forge of the Kalyani Group and the Tata Power SED. In August 2018, the Defence Acquisition Council approved the purchase of 150 of these guns at approximate 3,365 crores which would be split between the two companies.

21 December, 2020 DRDO

QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION

QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully demonstrated communication between its two labs using Quantum Key Distribution technology. The Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and The Research Centre Imarat (RCI) were the two labs that participated in this demonstration. About this technology: Quantum computing refers to a new era of faster and more powerful computers, and the theory goes that they would be able to break current levels of encryption. QKD works by using photons — the particles which transmit light — to transfer data. QKD allows two distant users, who do not share…

15 December, 2020 DRDO

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