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1. Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM)2. IREDA

1. Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM)

Syllabus: GS-3, Security & Defence

Prelims: Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM), DRDO

Context:

Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile successfully flight-tested by DRDO off the Odisha coast.

Details:

• DRDO conducted a successful flight test of the Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
• The missile performance was monitored by several Range Sensors like Radar, Electro-Optical Tracking System (EOTS) and Telemetry deployed by ITR at different locations to ensure complete coverage of the flight path. The flight of the missile was also monitored from the Su-30-Mk-I aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
• This successful flight test has also established the reliable performance of the indigenous propulsion system developed by the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), Bengaluru.

About ITCM:

• The missile is developed by Bengaluru-based DRDO laboratory Aeronautical Development Establishment …