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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) connected Sunday (January 11, 2026) successfully flight-tested the indigenously developed third-generation fire-and-forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) with top-attack capableness against a moving people astatine the KK Ranges successful Ahilya Nagar, Maharashtra.
According to Ministry of Defence, the formation trial was conducted by DRDO’s Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad, and it marks a important milestone towards the induction of the precocious anti-tank limb strategy into the Indian Army.
Cutting-edge indigenous technology
The MPATGM incorporates cutting-edge indigenous technologies, including an Imaging Infrared (IIR) homing seeker, all-electric power actuation system, precocious occurrence power system, tandem warhead, propulsion strategy and a high-performance sighting system. These captious subsystems person been developed by DRDO’s sister laboratories — Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad; Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh; High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune; and Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun, MoD added.
The Thermal Target System utilized during the proceedings was developed by Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur, to simulate a vessel target. The IIR seeker provides robust day-and-night operational capability, portion the tandem warhead is designed to decision modern main conflict tanks equipped with precocious armour protection.
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) are the development-cum-production partners (DcPP) for the MPATGM. The rocket tin beryllium launched from a tripod-mounted strategy arsenic good arsenic from a subject vehicle-based launcher, enhancing its operational flexibility.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO, the DcPP partners and the Indian manufacture for the palmy test, describing it arsenic a large measurement towards achieving Aatmanirbhar Bharat successful defence technologies. Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO, Dr. Samir V. Kamat, besides congratulated the squad and stated that the palmy proceedings paves the mode for the limb system’s induction into the Indian Army.
