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The key measures to make DRDO effective in its functioning include the establishment of a Defence Technology Commission with the defence minister as its chairman. Antony ordered the restructuring of the DRDO to give 'a major boost to defence research in the country and to ensure effective participation of the private sector in defence technology'. IGMDP was an Indian Ministry of Defence programme between the early 1980s and 2007 for the development of a comprehensive range of missiles, including the Agni missile, Prithvi ballistic missile, Akash missile, Trishul missile and Nag Missile. Project Devil itself led to the later development of the Prithvi missile under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) in the 1980s. Project Indigo led to Project Devil, along with Project Valiant, to develop short-range SAM and ICBM in the 1970s.
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Indigo was discontinued in later years without achieving full success.
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ĭRDO started its first major project in surface-to-air missiles (SAM) known as Project Indigo in the 1960s.
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If they could get a MiG-21 from the world market, they wanted a MiG-21 from DRDO. Because the Army and the Air Force themselves did not have any design or construction responsibility, they tended to treat the designer or Indian industry at par with their corresponding designer in the world market. Most of the time the Defence Research Development Organisation was treated as if it was a vendor and the Army Headquarters or the Air Headquarters were the customers. A separate Department of Defence Research and Development was formed in 1980 which later on administered DRDO and its 50 laboratories/establishments. The DRDO was established in 1958 by amalgamating the Defence Science Organisation and some of the technical development establishments.
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3.3.6 Command and control software and decision-making tools.3.2.4.1 Chemical Kit for Detection of Explosives (CKDE).3.1.4.2.1 Drone detection and tracking system.3.1.3.1.1 Stealth Wing Flying Testbed (SWiFT).3.1.2 Other Hindustan Aeronautics programmes.2.1 Cluster Laboratories/Establishments.The organisation includes around 5,000 scientists belonging to the DRDS and about 25,000 other subordinate scientific, technical and supporting personnel. With a network of 52 laboratories, which are engaged in developing defence technologies covering various fields, like aeronautics, armaments, electronics, land combat engineering, life sciences, materials, missiles, and naval systems, DRDO is India's largest and most diverse research organisation. Subsequently, Defence Research & Development Service (DRDS) was constituted in 1979 as a service of Group 'A' Officers / Scientists directly under the administrative control of Ministry of Defence. It was formed in 1958 by the merger of the Technical Development Establishment and the Directorate of Technical Development and Production of the Indian Ordnance Factories with the Defence Science Organisation. The Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO) ( IAST: Raksā Anūsandhān Evam Vikās Sangaṭhan) ( Hindi: रक्षा अनुसंधान एवं विकास संगठन) is the premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, charged with the military's research and development, headquartered in Delhi, India.