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DRDO Showcases Pinaka, Zorawar, Akash-NG and Advanced Defence Tech to Defence Panel

New Delhi, Oct 16(UNI) The Consultative Committee for Ministry of Defence, headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, visited the Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), a premier laboratory of DRDO under the aegis of Armament and Combat Engineering Systems (ACE), today.
During the visit, the committee inspected the state-of-the-art products developed by different laboratories of the cluster. The notable products demonstrated include Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System, PINAKA Rocket System, Light Tank ’Zorawar’, Wheeled Armoured Platform and AKASH-New Generation missile.
The committee was also informed of the status of the technologies being developed in the fields of Robotics, Rail Gun, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, and High-Energy Propulsion Materials.
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