The enhanced Pinaka rocket developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully flight tested from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday, 4 November.
The enhanced version of the Pinaka rocket would replace the existing Pinaka Mk-I rockets which are currently under production.
The design and development has been carried out by Pune-based DRDO laboratories, Armament Research and Development Establishment, Armament Research and Development Establishment, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory.
The rockets tested have been manufactured by the Economic Explosives Limited, Nagpur, to whom the technology was transferred.
“All the flight articles were tracked by range instruments such as telemetry, radar and electro optical tracking systems which confirmed the flight performance,” the DRDO stated.
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