Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) functions as a wing of the Department of Defence Research and Development (DD R&D) of Ministry of Defence, Government of India. DRDO was formed in 1958 with ten establishments under it. Over the years it has grown multi-directionally in terms of the variety of subject disciplines, number of the laboratories, as well as achievements and stature.

Today, DRDO is 52 labs strong and is deeply engaged in developing defence technologies covering various disciplines like aeronautics, armaments, electronics, combat vehicles, engineering systems, instrumentation, missiles, advanced computing   and simulation, special materials, naval systems, life sciences, training, information systems and agriculture.

Presently, the Organisation is backed by over 6000 scientists and about 30,000 other scientific, technical and supporting personnel. Several major projects for the development of missiles, armaments, light combat aircrafts, radars, electronic warfare systems etc are on hand and significant achievements have already been made in several such technologies.