Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted successful flight-tests of RudraM-II Air-to-Surface Missile
Tests were conducted from an airborne platform
Tests were conducted under extreme release conditions with critical trajectory
Missiles were guided to a predefined target with pin-point accuracy
All test objectives were fully met as confirmed by flight data
Flight data was captured by various range instruments deployed by Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur
Rudram-II has been indigenously developed by Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad as the nodal DRDO laboratory
Development involved collaboration with sister labs: Defence Research and Development Laboratory, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Armament Research & Development Establishment, and ITR
Development cum Production Partners (DcPPs) were involved
Agencies contributing included Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Regional Centre for Military Airworthiness, Missile System Quality Assurance Agency
Many other industries contributed significantly
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh lauded DRDO, IAF, DPSUs, DcPPs and industry for successful flight-tests
Tests demonstrated growing maturity of indigenous defence technologies
Contribution to Aatmanirbharta in advance weapon systems
Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO congratulated all teams
