DRDO celebrates its foundation day on 1st January every year.
DRDO’s 67th Foundation Day
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh visited DRDO Headquarters in New Delhi and interacted with senior scientists & officials to mark the 67th Foundation Day of the organisation. DRDO celebrates its foundation day on 1st January every year. On 2025 being declared as the ‘Year of Reforms’, Raksha Mantri asserted that DRDO will play a crucial role in achieving the set objectives.
He said, so far 1,950 Transfer of Technologies on DRDO-developed systems have been handed over to Indian Industries, of which, 256 Licensing Agreements for ToTs were signed with Indian industries in 2024.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence.
Formed: 1 January 1958; 67 years ago
Headquarters: DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi, India
Motto: “Strength’s Origin is in Science”
Sanskrit: बलस्य मूलं विज्ञानम्
DRDO’s Achievements
Agni and Prithvi missile series: Capable of delivering nuclear warheads.
Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas: India’s first indigenous fighter jet.
Arjun Main Battle Tank: India’s advanced battle tank.
INS Arihant: India’s first nuclear-powered submarine.
Advanced radars and electronic warfare systems.
Critical medical technologies and remote sensing technologies.
DRDO’s Future Endeavours
Hypersonic missiles.
Directed energy weapons.
Artificial intelligence.
5G network for the Indian military.
Quantum computing.
