The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully conducted flight tests of the indigenously developed RudraM-II air-to-surface missile from an airborne platform, marking a significant advancement in India's precision-strike weapon capabilities. These tests, performed under challenging conditions, validated the functionality of all essential missile subsystems, with the RudraM-II accurately hitting a predetermined target after release. Developed primarily by DRDO's Research Centre Imarat in Hyderabad, with contributions from several other DRDO labs and industry partners including HAL, this achievement underscores India's growing self-reliance in advanced defence technologies, as highlighted by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully conducted flight tests of the indigenously developed RudraM-II air-to-surface missile from an airborne platform, marking a significant advancement in India's precision-strike weapon capabilities. These tests, performed under challenging conditions, validated the functionality of all essential missile subsystems, with the RudraM-II accurately hitting a predetermined target after release. Developed primarily by DRDO's Research Centre Imarat in Hyderabad, with contributions from several other DRDO labs and industry partners including HAL, this achievement underscores India's growing self-reliance in advanced defence technologies, as highlighted by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully conducted flight tests of the indigenously developed RudraM-II air-to-surface missile from an airborne platform, marking a significant advancement in India's precision-strike weapon capabilities. These tests, performed under challenging conditions, validated the functionality of all essential missile subsystems, with the RudraM-II accurately hitting a predetermined target after release. Developed primarily by DRDO's Research Centre Imarat in Hyderabad, with contributions from several other DRDO labs and industry partners including HAL, this achievement underscores India's growing self-reliance in advanced defence technologies, as highlighted by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully carried out flight tests of the RudraM-II air-to-surface missile from an airborne platform, demonstrating the growing maturity of India's indigenous precision-strike weapons.

According to a defence ministry statement, the tests were conducted under extreme release conditions and successfully validated the performance of all critical subsystems. After being released from the aircraft, the missiles were guided to a pre-defined target with pinpoint accuracy.

“The missiles after release were guided to a predefined target with pinpoint accuracy. All the test objectives were fully met as confirmed by the flight data captured by various range instruments deployed by Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur,” the defence ministry statement said.

The RudraM-II missile has been developed indigenously by the Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad, which served as the nodal DRDO laboratory for the project. Several other DRDO laboratories, including the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and ITR, contributed to the programme.

Development-cum-Production Partners (DcPPs), along with agencies such as Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the Regional Centre for Military Airworthiness, the Missile System Quality Assurance Agency and other industry partners, also played a major role in the missile's development.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO, IAF, defence public sector undertakings, industry partners and all teams associated with the programme on the successful tests. He said the achievement reflected the growing maturity of indigenous defence technologies and would contribute significantly to self-reliance in advanced weapon systems.

Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development and DRDO Chairman also congratulated the teams involved in the programme for the successful achievement.

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