State Defence Minister Ajay Bhatt visited DRDO’s Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex in Hyderabad on January 14, 2024. He reviewed the ongoing missile technologies and related Programmes at Research Centre Imarat (RCI). Director General, Missiles & Strategic Systems [DG(MSS)] U Raja Babu briefed him on various technological developments. Lab Directors of DRDL, ASL & RCI, explained critical systems and technologies developed by them to Shri Bhatt.
Speaking on occasion, Shri Bhatt said:, “Knowledge and infrastructure base of the DRDO needs to be tapped by the MSME, private industries, which in turn will lead to the establishment of a self-reliant defence industrial ecosystem in our country”. He also said that DRDO should emerge as a world leader in exporting weapon systems to other nations. He emphasized that defence today is no longer limited to the land, sea or sky but encompasses space as well.
The State Defence Minister shri Bhatt witnessed the display of the missile systems and the enabling critical technologies indigenously developed by the DRDO establishments. He congratulated all scientists of DRDO for the recent successful missions including AGNI-PRIME, AKASH, AKASH-NG, VSHORADS, PRALAY, etc. He complimented the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex for indigenizing various state-of-the-art technologies and for strengthening the defence industrial base in the country in line with the national goal “Atmanirbhar Bharat”.
