SOURCE: MINT

Defence Analysis and Improvement Organisation(DRDO) right now stated that it has developed the nation’s first indigenous machine pistol ASMI. The pistol which is developed by DRDO together with the assistance of Indian Military is ready to exchange the 9mm pistols within the defence forces. It was displayed at an occasion of the Indian Military.
In a press release issued by the DRDO it stated,” The machine pistol can hearth at a spread of 100 metres and is within the class of the Uzi collection weapons of Israel. The prototype has fired over 300 rounds within the final 4 months of its growth.”
In one other growth, Retractable touchdown gear methods for unmanned aerial autos, indigenously constructed by the Fight Autos Analysis and Improvement Institution right here, a unit of the DRDO, had been handed over to the Navy on Sunday.
The CVRDE, engaged in design and growth of armoured autos and fight methods, stated it designed and constructed the three tonne Retractable Touchdown Gear Programs for TAPAS Unmanned Aerial Car and a one tonne touchdown gear system to the SWiFT UAV below the Centre’s ‘Atmanirbhar’ programme.
The gear methods had been developed at CVRDE facility in suburban Avadi, a press launch stated.
Defence Analysis and Improvement Organisation (DRDO) Chairman G Satheesh Reddy, talking on the event, stated it was an vital achievement and prolonged his congratulations to the CVRDE.
The filters, additionally designed and developed at CVRDE, had been manufactured with help from industries below the Centre’s ‘Make in India’ initiative whereas the funding was from the DRDO and the Navy, the discharge stated.
Later, Reddy reviewed the varied initiatives of CVRDE and appreciated the efforts the institution for the progress achieved, the discharge added.