DRDO urges Hyderabad’s Missile Complex scientists to fast-track missile inductions, hypersonic systems

DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V Kamat urged Hyderabad's Missile Complex scientists to fast-track missile inductions and focus on hypersonic systems. A DRDL workshop reviewed systems like Akash and BrahMos, highlighting their performance in Operation Sindoor and future upgrades

Hyderabad: DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V Kamat on Saturday urged the scientists at Missile Complex in Hyderabad to work towards quick induction of weapon systems, which were undergoing user trials.

Dr Kamat emphasised that Missile Complex should concentrate on the development of more agile, stealthier, and faster missiles, such as hypersonic missiles, to counter threats from advanced air defence systems.

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The DRDL organised a one-day workshop on weapons systems, including Akash air defence, BrahMos, MRSAM and ULPGM developed at the Missile Complex that played a stellar role in Operation Sindoor, at DRDL here on Saturday.

The workshop, which had an exhibition displaying sub-systems of the various weapons used in Operation Sindoor, deliberated on the performance of these indigenous systems. It also discussed the ways and means to further enhance the system’s capabilities so that they remain unbeatable.

DRDL Director Dr GA Srinivasa Murthy, Akash Weapon System former project director Dr Prahlada, MSS DG U Raja Babu, and DRDO former Chairman Dr G Satheesh Reddy, and veterans involved in weapons system development also participated.