DRDO missile complex to be named after Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

October 14, 2015 10:36

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will rename the prestigious missile complex in Hyderabad as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex. The landmark event will take place at Research Centre Imarat on Thursday on the occasion of the 84th birth anniversary of Dr Kalam, the Missile Man.

Dr Kalam had joined missile complex, Defence Research and Development Organisation in 1982 and was a part of it for nearly two decades. The missile complex comprises of Advanced Systems Laboratory, Defence Research and Development Laboratory and RCI which is considered to be the brain child of Dr Kalam.

As founder director, Dr Kalam conceived and steered the RCI as a generator of critical missile technologies.

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