DRDO & IAF Conduct Maiden TARA Weapon Flight Trial
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24th May 2026
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- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted maiden flight-trial on May 07, 2026
- Trial conducted off the coast of Odisha
- Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA) is a modular range extension kit
- TARA is India's first indigenous glide weapon system
- System converts unguided warheads into precision guided weapons
- Designed and developed by Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad along with other DRDO laboratories
- Enhances lethality and accuracy of low-cost weapons to neutralize ground-based targets
- First glide weapon to utilize state-of-the-art low-cost systems
- Development undertaken with Development cum Production Partners (DcPP) & other Indian industries
- Production activity has already started
- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, IAF, DcPP, and Industry
- Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat also congratulated teams
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