Defence Research and
Development Organization (DRDO)
on 7 February 2014
said that it is in the process of developing Unmanned Arial
Vehicles (UAVs) to track down Maoists in naxal hit states including
Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The vehicles will be used by the Central
Reserve Police Force to track the locations of the Maoists in even the
forests. DRDO also said that demonstrate of the first such vehicles
operational capability will be done in a couple of months. This information
was given by Avinash Chader, the chief of DRDO in the occasion of Defence
Expo-2014 in New Delhi.
Unmanned
systems and futuristic war machines are the main highlights of the expo that
will end on 9 February 2014. The event started on 6 February 2014 at Pragati
Maidan in New Delhi. It is the 8th Land, Naval and Internal Homeland
Security Systems Exhibition of the Ministry of Defence.
Defence Exhibition
Organisation (DEO)
DEO
was created as a nodal agency in 1981 as part of the Department of Defence
Production, Ministry of Defence to promote and export potential of Defence
Public Sector Undertakings, DRDO and the Ordnance Factory Board. Since creation
it has contributed in export promotion activities on behalf of the Ministry of
Defence. It is the nodal and co-ordination agency for the conduct of two major
expositions in India, like Aero India and Defexpo India that has seen
exponential growth over the years.
Defence Research &
Development Organisation (DRDO)
Defence
Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) works under Department of
Defence Research and Development of Ministry of Defence. It works towards
enhancing self-reliance in Defence Systems and undertakes design &
development leading to production of world class weapon systems and equipment
in accordance with the expressed needs and the qualitative requirements that is
laid down by the three services. DRDO is working in various areas of military
technology which include aeronautics, armaments, combat vehicles, electronics,
instrumentation engineering systems, missiles, materials, naval systems,
advanced computing, simulation and life sciences.
DRDO
Awards
The
scheme of DRDO awards was introduced in 1999 in its present form to
motivate scientists, engineers and its partners of DRDO for contributions made
for the cause of national security. The Scheme consists of a total of 17
awards, out of which, 4 awards are given by the Directors of the concerned
laboratories/establishments in recognition of outstanding contributions of
their scientists and other supporting staff consisting of technical,
administrative and allied cadres.