The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday successfully conducted flight-tests of the indigenous RudraM-II air-to-surface missile from an airborne platform.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the tests were carried out under extreme release conditions, validating the performance of all critical subsystems. Following launch, the missile was guided to a predefined target with pinpoint accuracy.
The ministry said all test objectives were successfully achieved, as confirmed by flight data captured through various range instruments deployed by the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.
RudraM-II has been developed by the Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad, the nodal DRDO laboratory for the project, in collaboration with other DRDO facilities, including the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), and ITR.
Development-cum-Production Partners (DcPPs), along with agencies such as Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the Regional Centre for Military Airworthiness (RCMA), the Missile System Quality Assurance Agency, and several industry partners, also contributed to the missile’s development.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, the IAF, defence public sector undertakings, development partners and industry stakeholders on the successful tests.
He said the achievement demonstrated the growing maturity of indigenous defence technologies and would contribute to India’s goal of self-reliance in advanced weapon systems.
The Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development and Chairman, DRDO, also congratulated the teams associated with the project on the successful accomplishment.
