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DRDO to rename missile complex after Kalam
In what could be termed as a fitting tribute to the late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the missile complex comprising Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL),
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Defence Minister Parrikar to rename the complex today on the occasion of Kalam’s 84th birth anniversary
Hyderabad: In what could be termed as a fitting tribute to the late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the missile complex comprising Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL),
Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research Centre Imarat (RCI) are to be named after the ‘missile man’ on Thursday by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
The renaming of the complex at the centre that he had nurtured and developed into a world class research centre falls on Kalam’s 84th birth anniversary.
Talking to The Hans India, G Satheesh Reddy, scientific advisor to the Defence Minister, who is also the Director of the RCI says,
“It was the dream of Kalam that the DRDO become a world class research centre and the success of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) is a testimony to his vision.”
In the ‘Wings of Fire’, Kalam wrote that creating the RCI was perhaps the most satisfying experience of his life and it is appropriate that it be renamed after the visionary, he added.
Inauguration of two advanced research and development facilities of the RCI- outdoor RCI test facility ‘ORANGE’ at Dundigal and Kautilya, advanced research centre at the RCI, would add value to the missile complex.
Explaining about the centres, Satheesh says, “The test facility at Dundigal is one of its kind that can test radar reflections and would be useful in detecting the radar reflections.
Kautilya will be the centre for research on futuristic areas, data processing, hyper spectral imagery, synthetic aperture radar and electronic intelligence measurements among other aspects,’ he said.
Of the IGMDP, most have been inducted and final tests are being done for Nag-the anti tank missile. Presently,
work is on long range surface to air missile and medium range surface to air missile along with ballistic surface missile programme that can intercept enemy aircraft to 120 km altitude.
The Research Centre Imarat (RCI) was established on August 27, 1988 under the leadership of Kalam as its founding Director. The seeds sown in the barren lands of Imaratkancha have today transformed into a lush green campus.
Technologically, in the last two and half decades the RCI has transformed itself into a robust multi-dimensional technology hub for design, development and delivery of critical avionics systems.
