By Shishir Prashant 
PrashantNews
India is conducting user evaluation trails of Surface-to-Surface Missile ‘Pralay’, Surface to Air Missile Akash NG, Guided Extended Range Rocket ‘Pinaka’, Advanced Light Weight Torpedo and several other indigenously developed defence systems as part of the move to become a global defence powerhouse.
At a function to celebrate 68th foundation day of the DRDO in New Delhi, its Chairman Dr Samir V Kamat highlighted various achievements and said the User Evaluation Trials for several systems have either been completed in 2025 or are in the final stages. These include Surface to Surface Missile ‘Pralay’, Surface to Air Missile Akash NG, Guided Extended Range Rocket ‘Pinaka’, Advanced Light Weight Torpedo, Integrated Combat Suits for Submarines, Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ER-ASR), Man Portable Anti-tank Guided Missile (MPATGM), Electronic Warfare Systems for Plains & Deserts, Border Surveillance System (BOSS), Software Defined Radio for Indian Army, CBRN Water Purification System.
He further said that several other systems have either completed or are in the various stages of Development trials, which include Indian Light Tank, Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS), Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile, Short range Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR), Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile, Air-to-Surface Missile Rudram-2, UAV Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3, Cannon Launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile for MBT Arjun, Long Range Glide Bomb ‘Gaurav’, Long Range Radar, VHF Surveillance Radar, High Power Microwave System, Medium Range Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rockets, On Board Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS)-centric Integrated Life Support System (ILSS) on LCA and Automatic Fire Protection System in DORNIER-228 Aircraft.
Dr Kamat said the efforts of DRDO have given a quantum jump to India’s pursuit of self-reliance in defence as part of the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He called upon DRDO scientists to focus on next generation needs including cyber security, space and artificial intelligence.
Highlighting the achievements of DRDO in 2025, the Chairman DRDO said that several systems developed were delivered, inducted or handed over to the users. He stressed that DRDO should focus to work together with all stakeholders in the defence ecosphere to meet the country’s futuristic challenges and fulfill the Prime Minister vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. He expressed satisfaction that the 22 Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) been accorded by Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) and the Services Procurement Board (SPB) for induction of several DRDO developed systems worth approx. Rs 1.30 lakh crores to be manufactured by Indian Industries which is the highest in any single year in history.
Some of the notable systems for which AoN has been accorded include Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS), Conventional Ballistic Missile System, Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile System ‘Anant Shastra’, Long Range Air to Surface Supersonic Cruise Missile (LRASSCM), Integrated Drone Detection and Interdiction System (IDDIS) MK II, Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) Astra Mk-II, Anti-Tank NAG Missile System (Tracked) Mk-2, Advanced Light Weight Torpedo, Processor-based Moored Mine – Next Generation (PBMM NG), Air-borne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) Mk-1A, Mountain Radars, Full Mission Simulator for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk-1A.
Dr Kamat informed that 11 contracts for acquisitions valued at Rs 26,000 crore have been signed with DRDO production partners for Nag Missile System, Ashwini Low Level Transportable Radar, Air Defence Fire Control Radar (ADFCR), Electronic Warfare Suite for Mi-17 V5 Helicopter, Area Denial Munition (ADM) Type-1 and High Explosive Pre-Fragmented (HEPF) Mk-I (Enhanced) for the Pinaka Multiple Launch Rocket System, Infantry Foot Bridge Floating, Wargaming System, and Automatic Chemical Agent Detector & Alarm (ACADA) and Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS). He added that a significant number of products developed by DRDO were inducted into the services of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), Police & National Disaster Response Force in 2025.