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'''Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL)''' is a Missile System laboratory - under the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO) - with thrust on design, development and flight evaluation of various types of Missile Systems for the [[Indian armed forces]]. The organisation's vision statement<ref name="drdl-vm">[<nowiki>http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labslabs1/DRDL/English/indexindexnew.jsp?pg=homebodyhomepage.jsp http:<//drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/DRDL/English/indexnew.jsp?pg=homebody.jsp]nowiki></ref> reads:

''<blockquote>"Be a design and development house for missile based weapon systems required for tactical applications from multiple platforms."</blockquote>''

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== History ==

In 1958, the government of India constituted a team of Indian scientists - called the '''Special Weapons Development Team''' - to research guided missile weapons development. 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">[http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/DRDL/English/index.jsp?pg=HistoricalBG.jsp http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labslabs1/DRDL/English/indexnew.jsp?pg=about-lab.jsp]</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 |accessdate=2012-05-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207034302/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2603/stories/20090213260309700.htm |archivedate=2013-02-07 |df= }}</ref> under the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO).

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