''"Develop the state of the art infrastructure and technologies required for different classes of missiles. Transfer the technology to production agency for guided missile products."''
== History ==
In 1958, the government of India constituted a team of Indian engineers, mostly from the [[Indian Ordnance Factories]]- called the '''Special Weapons Development Team''' - to research guided missile weapons development. It was founded by [[S. P. Chakravarti]], the father of Electronics and Telecommunication engineering in India, who also founded DLRL and LRDE.<ref>{{cite web journal|url=https://in.booksc.eu/book/53133498/850b31 |title=Prof. S.P. Chakravarti (1904–1981) | |author=Mitra, S.N. ||journal=IETE downloadJournal of Research |volume=28 |issue=8 |date=August 1982}}</ref> This team was later expanded into DRDL, a full-fledged laboratory, in June 1961, at the campus of Defence Science Centre, Delhi.<ref name="drdl-about">{{Cite web |url=http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/DRDL/English/index.jsp?pg=HistoricalBG.jsp |title=http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs1/DRDL/English/indexnew.jsp?pgHistorical Background |website=about-lab.jspDefence Research and Development Laboratory |access-date=2012-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210112328/http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/DRDL/English/index.jsp?pg=HistoricalBG.jsp |archive-date=2012-02-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It later shifted to Hyderabad after the state government granted them the former Nizam's army barracks. This was the genesis of the '''Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL)''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2603/stories/20090213260309700.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdateaccess-date=2012-05-31 |urlarchive-status=dead |archiveurlurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207034302/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2603/stories/20090213260309700.htm |archivedatearchive-date=2013-02-07 }}</ref> under the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO).
