Naveen Congratulates DRDO on Successful Maiden Flight Test of LRGR 120

Bhubaneswar: BJD President and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik has congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on the successful maiden flight test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR 120) from Integrated Test Range in Odisha’s Chandipur.

“Congratulate DRDO on the successful maiden flight test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR 120) from Integrated Test Range in #Odisha’s Chandipur”, Naveen wrote on his ‘X’ handle.

The maiden flight test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR-120) was successfully conducted on Monday at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, Odisha.

The maiden trial of the 120-km-range rocket was carried out on the same day the project received clearance for induction into the Indian Army by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), which met earlier in the afternoon.

During the test, the rocket was fired to its maximum range of 120 km and successfully executed all planned in-flight manoeuvres. The LRGR impacted the designated target with textbook precision.

All deployed range instrumentation tracked the rocket throughout its flight trajectory. The LRGR has been designed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment in collaboration with the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, with support from the Defence Research and Development Laboratory and the Research Centre Imarat.

The flight trial was coordinated by the Integrated Test Range and the Proof and Experimental Establishment. The rocket was launched from an in-service Pinaka launcher, demonstrating the system’s versatility and its ability to fire Pinaka variants of different ranges from the same platform.