India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) completes final trials of ULPGM-V3 on 19 May 2026

Key facts

• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully completed the final deliverable configuration development trials of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3.
• The trials were conducted in Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Air modes at the Kurnool test range in Andhra Pradesh using an integrated Ground Control System (GCS).
• The ULPGM-V3 is designed for anti-tank roles in Air-to-Ground mode and for targeting drones, helicopters, and other airborne targets in Air-to-Air mode.
• The missile was developed by the Research Centre Imarat (RCI) as the nodal lab, alongside the Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) Hyderabad, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL) Chandigarh, and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) Pune.
• Production partners for the system include Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) Hyderabad and Adani Defence Systems & Technologies Limited Hyderabad, with integration on UAVs developed by Newspace Research and Technologies Bengaluru.