A monthly bulletin of Defence Research & Development Organisation ■ Vol. 36 No. 10 October 2016 India successfully Flight Tests Long Range Surface- to-Air Missile Vol. 36 No. 10 October 2016 ■ ISSN: 0971-4391 India successfully Flight Tests LRSAM 4 Raising Day Celebrations 8 5 DFRL transfers Ready-to-Eat Bars & Manpower Development Activities 9 Performance Enhancement Drink Technology Personnel News 13 DG (ECS) gets new Office Accommodation 15 High Gain Telemetry System 5 Facility Inaugurated at ITR Structural Load Test Facility at ARDE 6 National Librarian’s Day Celebrations 7 DRDO: Harnessing Science for Peace and 16 Security-VIII DMRL Celebrates Haritha Haram 18 Visitors to DRDO Labs/Estts 18 CONTENTS DRDO in Press 20 Local Correspondents Editor-in-Chief Ahmednagar: Lt Col. AK Singh, Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (VRDE); Ambernath: Dr Susan Titus, Naval Materials Gopal Bhushan Research Laboratory (NMRL); Balasore/Chandipur: Shri Santosh Munda, Integrated Test Range (ITR); Dr AK Sannigrahi, Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE); Bengaluru: Shri Subbukutti S, Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE); Smt MR Bhuvaneswari, Senior Editor Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS); Smt Faheema AGJ, Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR); Ms Tripty Rani Bose, Centre for B Nityanand Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC); Smt Josephine Nirmala M, Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE); Shri Kiran G, Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE); Shri KM Veerabhadra, Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE); Dr Vishal Kesari, Microwave Tube Research & Development Centre (MTRDC); Chandigarh: Dr HS Gusain, Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment Editor (SASE); Shri Ashok Kumar Dahiya, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL); Chennai: Shri PD Jayaram, Combat Vehicles Research Manoj Kumar & Development Establishment (CVRDE); Dehradun: Shri Abhai Mishra, Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL); Shri JP Singh, Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE); Delhi: Shri Ashutosh Bhatnagar, Centre for Personnel Talent Management Assistant Editor (CEPTAM); Dr Rajendra Singh, Centre for Fire, Explosive & Environment Safety (CFEES); Dr KP Mishra, Defence Institute of Physiology & Geeta Sharma Allied Sciences (DIPAS); Shri Ram Prakash, Defence Terrain Research Laboratory (DTRL); Shri Navin Soni, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS); Smt Anjana Sharma, Institute for Systems Studies & Analyses (ISSA); Dr Indu Gupta, Laser Science & Technology Centre (LASTEC); Shri Sanjay Pal, Recruitment & Assessment Centre (RAC); Ms Noopur Shrotriya, Scientific Analysis Group (SAG); Dr Multimedia Rupesh Kumar Chaubey, Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL); Gwalior: Shri RK Srivastava, Defence R&D Establishment (DRDE); RK Bhatnagar Haldwani: Dr Atul Grover, Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER); Hyderabad: Shri Hemant Kumar, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL); Shri Pramod K Jha, Centre for Advanced Systems (CAS); Dr JK Rai, Advanced Numerical Research & Analysis Group (ANURAG); Shri JP Singh, Centre for High Energy Systems & Sciences (CHESS); Shri ARC Murthy, Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL); Printing Dr Manoj Kumar Jain, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL); Dr K Nageswara Rao, Defence Research & Development SK Gupta; Hans Kumar Laboratory (DRDL); Shri N Venkatesh, Research Centre Imarat (RCI); Jodhpur: Shri Ravindra Kumar, Defence Laboratory (DL); Kanpur: Shri Ashok Kumar Gautam, Defence Materials & Stores Research & Development Establishment (DMSRDE); Kochi: Shri S Radhakrishnan, Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL); Leh: Dr Dorjey Angchok, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR); Mussoorie: Marketing Dr Gopa B Choudhury, Institute of Technology Management (ITM); Mysuru: Dr M Palmurugan and Shri NV Nagraj, Defence Food Research Tapesh Sinha, RP Singh Laboratory (DFRL); Pune: Dr (Mrs) JA Kanetkar, Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE); Shri AM Devale, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL); Shri SS Arole, Research & Development Establishment (Engrs) [R&DE (E)]; Tezpur: Dr Jayshree Das, Defence Research Laboratory (DRL); Visakhapatnam: Dr (Mrs) V Vijaya Sudha, Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) Website: http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo-nl; E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; Tel: 011-2390 2403 / 2474; Fax: 011-2381 9151 From the Desk of the Secretary M y dear friends, I was thinking for a while to connect with DRDO S&T community since I believe that interaction with DRDO family is very important for making DRDO a world-class S&T organization; an organisation where each member of DRDO is dedicatedly contributing to achieve organizational goals. To this end, I thought there is no better medium than DRDO Newsletter. My pillars of strength are the youngsters who join the organization with big dreams, self-assured and with new ideas. Important is to translate these ideas into reality, with hard work, determination and dedication. The feeling one gets on achieving the goal cannot be explained, the memory is everlasting. The sense of achievement would enhance your level of vision and ambition. Learning and contribution are two things that would never exhaust and one should not stop learning. Everyday brings in something new for all of us to learn. I too had my share of failures and achievements; ‘a hole-in-one’ as in golf, does not come every day but one should not stop trying for it. It is said, ‘failure is the stepping-stone of success’ and friends you have to take all the failures in positive stride, in the end you will come out with flying colours. ‘Where there is a will, there is a way’. I have a strong conviction that if we play our part well then the complete act would be perfect. Let your name be etched in golden letters in the organization. Pen down your ideas, dreams, articles and technical papers and they would find a place on DRDO website or suitably in the in-house journals/magazines in print form. I welcome you to connect with me on DRONA e-mail: secy@hqr. hqrdom and rest assure to get a reply. Jai Hind! Dr S Christopher India successfully Flight Tests Long-Range surface-to-air missile India successfully flight tested the long-range surface-to-air missile (LRSAM) system for Indian Navy twice against Pilotless Target Aircraft (PTA) on 20 September 2016 at 10:10 and again on 21 September 2016 at 14:25 from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Balasore, Odisha. The LRSAM has been developed through a joint venture between India’s premier defence research organization DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) of Israel. DRDO and SA to RM also witnessed The nation is proud the launches. The naval version of the SAM of this achievement. system, this time was tested from "I am sure that this The President of India, Shri land, and the earlier was flight tested Pranab Mukherjee congratulated from Naval Ships, at ITR. Both success will further DRDO on the successful test firing missiles directly hit their respective boost India’s of the missile. In a message to Dr S targets at different ranges and defence capabilities Christopher, Secretary, Department altitudes. The trajectory of the flight in technologically of Defence R&D and Chairman, of missiles was throughout tracked DRDO, the President said, "I extend and monitored by the radars and challenging areas. hearty congratulations to you electro-optical systems installed at - Pranab Mukherjee" and all those associated with the ITR. successful test-firing of the surface- to-air missile–‘Barak-8’ developed Many Indian defence PSUs and The Israel team was led by jointly with Israel. The nation is industries, viz., Bharat Dynamics Mr Boyes Levy, Vice President, proud of this achievement. I am Limited (BDL), Mishra Dhatu IAI, whereas the Indian Team by sure that this success will further Nigam Limited, (MIDHANI), TATA, Mr Patrick D’Silva, Project Director, boost India’s defence capabilities in GODREJ, SEC, PEL, ADITYA and Mr MSR Prasad, Director, Defence technologically challenging areas. others have contributed towards the Research and Development Kindly convey my greetings and development of the missile system. Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad, and felicitations to all members of the Both Israel and Indian scientists and Dr BK Das, OS and Director ITR. team of scientists, engineers, and technicians were involved in the Dr G Satheesh Reddy, DS and DG others involved in this Mission.” launch. (Missiles and Strategic Systems), 4 Vol. 36 No. 10 October 2016 Vol. 36 No. 10 October 2016 5 DFRL transfers Ready-to-Eat Bars & Performance Enhancement Drink Technology Defence Food Research bar (antioxidant and fibre rich) Enhancing Drink to M/s Arboreal Laboratory (DFRL), Mysuru, and chicken bars, etc., to cater to Agro Innovations Pvt Ltd, Jabalpur. transferred the state-of-the- the requirement of Armed Forces Dr Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Director, art technologies of ‘flax oat bar, stationed at desert and high altitude. DFRL, exchanged the transfer of ergogenic bar, omega-3 rich Each bar is targeted with a specific technology documents with Miss bar, composite cereal bar and functional ingredient with a calorific Swathi Pandey, CEO and Shri high energy bar’ to M/s Nature value ranging from 400 K Cal to 540 Manish Chouhan, Business Partner Essential Foods Pvt Ltd, Mumbai. K Cal with shelf-life of 6-15 months of M/s Arboreal Agro Innovations Dr Gopal Kumar Sharma, Additional with good organoleptic acceptance Pvt Ltd. Director,