Union Minister visits Kalam missile complex

Union Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth visited the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex, DRDO, and reviewed the missiles and weapon systems programme, being pursued by Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Research Centre Imarat (RCI) and Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) of Missile Cluster Labs, in Hyderabad on Friday.

He visited various work centres of DRDL like Astra Mk I & II, vertically-launched short-range surface-to-air missile and scramjet engine facilities and was briefed about the status of the projects by scientist and Director General (missiles and strategic systems) U. Raja Babu and Director, DRDL, G.A. Srinivasa Murthy.

RCI director Anindya Biswas briefed him on the critical work centres and progress of the indigenous navigation/aviation systems, onboard computer division, and imaging infrarred seeker facilities. The Minister commended the DRDO scientists for playing a crucial role in building ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ through realisation of state-of-the-art weapon systems. He exhorted the scientific community to continue strengthening the armed forces to face any challenges in the current scenario, said a press release.