Manufacturer catalog

Defence Research and Development Organisation

Defence Research and Development Organisation is India's Ministry of Defence R&D agency, responsible for missiles, air defense, aeronautics, electronic warfare, naval systems, radars, munitions, and support equipment tied to the cataloged inventory.

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Defence Research and Development Organisation is the Government of India's defense research arm, formed in 1958 and organized around technology clusters that span missiles, aeronautics, electronics, naval systems, soldier support, and related test-and-development work. Its public materials emphasize self-reliance and the development of operational systems for the Indian armed forces, while its export compendium describes a network of more than 40 laboratories, centres, and establishments working across specialized defence technology domains.

DRDO's role is often a systems-development and technology-authority role rather than single-factory production. Its laboratories design missile, air-defense, electronic-warfare, aeronautical, and munition technologies, then work with public-sector, private-sector, MSME, startup, and development-cum-production partners for productionization, trial support, transfer of technology, and export-variant technical support.

Missiles and strategic systemsAeronautical systemsAir defense systemsElectronics and radarTarget drones and UAVsNaval systemsSoldier support systems

Notable Systems

Barak-8, Medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

Barak-8

Medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile system

Official DRDO coverage describes Barak-8/MR-SAM as a jointly developed medium-range surface-to-air missile family created by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries.

Sources: DRDO News 10 to 13 May 2025
Akash Army Launcher, Mobile launcher system for Akash medium-range surface-to-air missiles, Support Equipment

Akash Army Launcher

Mobile launcher system for Akash medium-range surface-to-air missiles

DRDO's official Akash product page identifies Akash as a short-range surface-to-air missile system from the Missiles and Strategic Systems cluster, developed through the Defence Research & Development Laboratory and configured on mobile platforms.

Sources: Akash
Advanced Self Protection Jammer, Electronic warfare jammer, Electronic Warfare

Advanced Self Protection Jammer

Electronic warfare jammer

DRDO's 2025 export compendium identifies aircraft self-protection and ASPJ-pod integration work among DRDO-developed airborne electronic-warfare technologies, including cooling hardware configured for the Advanced Self Protection Jammer pod on Su-30MKI-class aircraft.

Sources: DRDO Products for Export 2025
Gaurav guided glide bomb, Long-range guided glide bomb, Munitions

Gaurav guided glide bomb

Long-range guided glide bomb

DRDO's April 2025 news digest describes Gaurav as a 1,000 kg-class long-range glide bomb developed by Research Centre Imarat, Armament Research and Development Establishment, and Integrated Test Range.

Sources: DRDO News 12 to 15 Apr 2025

Manufacturer History

  1. DRDO formed

    DRDO's FAQ states that the organisation was formed in 1958.

    Sources: DRDO FAQ

  2. DRDO Bhawan inaugurated

    Wikimedia Commons and the underlying Press Information Bureau record identify the DRDO Bhawan headquarters building in New Delhi and date its inauguration to May 2006.

    Sources: DRDO Bhawan image

Website links
Official websiteFAQProductsTechnology clustersContact us

DRDO is the official acronym for the Government of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation; the profile keeps both the full name and the ampersand spelling as aliases.

Manufacturer Sources

  • DRDO official websitePublisher: Defence Research and Development Organisation | Note: Supports the official organization name, the Ministry of Defence R&D role, and the public mission statement focused on self-reliance and advanced defence technologies. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • DRDO FAQPublisher: Defence Research and Development Organisation | Note: Supports the acronym expansion Defence Research & Development Organisation and the statement that DRDO was formed in 1958. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • DRDO technology clustersPublisher: Defence Research and Development Organisation | Note: Supports DRDO's cluster structure across missiles and strategic systems, naval systems, aeronautical systems, electronics, and soldier support work. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • DRDO contact usPublisher: Defence Research and Development Organisation | Note: Supports the headquarters address at DRDO Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi 110011, India. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Pilotless Target Aircraft - LakshyaPublisher: Defence Research and Development Organisation | Note: Supports Lakshya as a DRDO-developed pilotless target aircraft and provides official product context for DRDO's aeronautical systems work. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • AkashPublisher: Defence Research and Development Organisation | Note: Supports Akash as a DRDO missile-system product under the Missiles and Strategic Systems cluster, developed through Defence Research & Development Laboratory and configured on mobile platforms. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • DRDO News 12 to 15 Apr 2025Publisher: Defence Research and Development Organisation | Note: Supports official DRDO background on Gaurav as a 1,000 kg-class long-range glide bomb developed by DRDO laboratories and tested from Su-30 MKI aircraft in April 2025. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • DRDO Products for Export 2025Publisher: Defence Research and Development Organisation | Note: Supports DRDO's laboratory network, technology domains, industry productionization model, and official export-product context including airborne electronic-warfare and ASPJ-pod integration material. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • DRDO News 10 to 13 May 2025Publisher: Defence Research and Development Organisation | Note: Supports official DRDO background on Barak-8/MR-SAM as a jointly developed system with Israel Aerospace Industries. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • DRDO Bhawan imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi; the Commons file page identifies the work as public domain and depicts the headquarters building. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

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Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Decoy drones, Reusable target-drone decoy and aerial threat-representation UAV, Aircraft & UAVs2025 India-Pakistan ConflictDecoy dronesReusable target-drone decoy and aerial threat-representation UAVBuilt in: United Kingdom and IndiaDecoy drones are reusable aerial target UAVs configured to imitate aircraft signatures, stimulate air-defense radars, and absorb or expose enemy responses. The catalog entry focuses on Banshee and Lakshya-type systems reported in Indian service during the 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict, while linking to the separate An-2 converted decoy aircraft page for Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Barak-8, Medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict +1 moreBarak-8Medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: Israel / IndiaBarak-8, including India's MRSAM and LR-SAM configurations and IAI's later Barak MX family, is an Israeli-Indian air and missile-defense system for naval and land launchers. The cataloged conflict record centers on reported Azerbaijani Barak-8 use in Nagorno-Karabakh, an Indian Air Force Barak-8 interception during Operation Sindoor, and Israeli Barak-family interceptions during the 2025 Israel-Iran conflict.

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Electronic Warfare

Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.

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Advanced Self Protection Jammer, Electronic warfare jammer, Electronic WarfareAdvanced Self Protection JammerElectronic warfare jammerBuilt in: IndiaThe Advanced Self Protection Jammer is an Indian DRDO airborne electronic-warfare pod associated with the HAL Tejas self-protection fit. Official Indian releases describe it as protecting the aircraft against acquisition radars, fire-control radars, anti-aircraft artillery, and airborne multirole radars, while later procurement approvals extended related external self-protection jammer pods into Su-30MKI electronic-warfare planning.

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Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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