Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO scientists and industry partners for the successful flight-test, describing it as another major achievement in strengthening the country's self-reliance in defence technology.
Bhubaneswar: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday successfully conducted the flight-test of the indigenously developed Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast, marking a significant milestone in India's indigenous missile development programme.
According to official sources, all mission objectives were successfully achieved during the test. The missile's performance was closely monitored through various tracking instruments deployed by the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, and the collected data confirmed that all flight parameters met the desired objectives.
The LRLACM has been developed entirely with indigenous technologies, with its various subsystems designed and developed by different DRDO laboratories in collaboration with Indian industry partners. The Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru, served as the nodal laboratory for the project.
Senior officials of DRDO, along with representatives from the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force, witnessed the successful launch.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO scientists and industry partners for the successful flight-test, describing it as another major achievement in strengthening the country's self-reliance in defence technology.
Defence secretary and secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development, Rajesh Kumar Singh, who also serves as the chairman of DRDO, monitored the launch activities and lauded the efforts of the scientists, engineers and all personnel associated with the mission.
The successful test is expected to further enhance India's long-range precision strike capabilities and reinforce the country's growing indigenous defence manufacturing ecosystem under the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.
