{"id":16897,"date":"2026-01-19T13:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=16897"},"modified":"2026-01-19T13:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:36:25","slug":"drdo-successfully-flight-tests-man-portable-anti-tank-guided-missile-with-top-attack-capability-against-a-moving-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=16897","title":{"rendered":"DRDO\u00a0successfully\u00a0flight-tests Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile with\u00a0top\u00a0attack\u00a0capability against\u00a0a moving\u00a0target"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DRDO\u00a0successfully\u00a0flight-tests Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile with\u00a0top\u00a0attack\u00a0capability against\u00a0a moving\u00a0target<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Posted On: 12 JAN 2026 1:39PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Third Generation Fire & Forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) with top attack capability was flight-tested successfully against\u00a0a\u00a0moving target in KK Ranges, Ahilya Nagar,\u00a0Maharashtra\u00a0by\u00a0DRDO\u2019s\u00a0Defence Research\u00a0&\u00a0Development Laboratory,\u00a0Hyderabad\u00a0on\u00a0January 11, 2026.\u00a0The indigenously developed MPATGM consists of state-of-the-art indigenous technologies like Imaging\u00a0Infrared\u00a0(IIR)\u00a0Homing Seeker, all electric Control Actuation System, Fire Control System, Tandem Warhead, propulsion system and high performance sighting system, which are developed by DRDO’s sister laboratories namely Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune\u00a0and\u00a0Instruments Research & Development Establishment, Dehradun.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Thermal Target System was developed by Defence\u00a0Laboratory, Jodhpur to simulate the target tank. The IIR seeker is well accomplished with day and night combat operation capability. The warhead is capable of defeating modern main Battle Tanks. Bharat Dynamics Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited\u00a0are the Development-Cum-Production Partners (DcPP) for the weapon System. The missile can be launched from Tripod or Military Vehicle Launcher.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has complimented DRDO, DcPP Partners and\u00a0the\u00a0Industry for the successful test.\u00a0He\u00a0termed it\u00a0as\u00a0an important step towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Congratulating\u00a0the team, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO\u00a0Dr Samir V Kamat\u00a0said that the trial target was successfully conducted, thereby leading the weapon system for induction into the Indian Army.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DRDO\u00a0successfully\u00a0flight-tests Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile with\u00a0top\u00a0attack\u00a0capability against\u00a0a moving\u00a0target Posted On: 12 JAN 2026 1:39PM by PIB Delhi Third Generation Fire & Forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) with top attack capability was flight-tested successfully against\u00a0a\u00a0moving target in KK Ranges, Ahilya Nagar,\u00a0Maharashtra\u00a0by\u00a0DRDO\u2019s\u00a0Defence Research\u00a0&\u00a0Development Laboratory,\u00a0Hyderabad\u00a0on\u00a0January 11, 2026.\u00a0The indigenously developed MPATGM consists of state-of-the-art indigenous technologies …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16899,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16897\/revisions\/16899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}