Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme

Agni-V missile during rehearsal of Republic Day Parade 2013

The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) was an Indian Ministry of Defence programme for the research and development of the comprehensive range of missiles. The programme was managed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Ordnance Factories Board[1] in partnership with other Indian government political organisations.[2] The project started in 1982–83 under the leadership of Abdul Kalam who oversaw its ending in 2008 after these strategic missiles were successfully developed.

On 8 January 2008, the DRDO formally announced the successful rated guided missile programme was completed with its design objectives achieved since most of the missiles in the programme had been developed and inducted by the Indian armed forces.[3]

  1. ^ "Indian Ordnance Factories: Ordnance Factory Itarsi". Ofb.gov.in. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Integrated Guided Missile Development Program". brahmos.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. ^ "India scraps integrated guided missile programme". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 9 January 2008. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.