Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment
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The Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation
Defence Research and Development Organisation
The Defence Research and Development Organisation is a agency of the Republic of India, responsible for the development of technology for use by the military, headquartered in New Delhi, India...

 (DRDO). Located in Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...

, its primary function is research and development of Aerostats and delivery systems. It was involved in the design and development of major subsystems of Nishant Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
DRDO Nishant
-Launch & recovery:* Launch: Mobile hydropneumatic launcher system* Recovery: Parachute + landing bags- See also :...

. It has developed brake parachutes for LCA Tejas
HAL Tejas
The HAL Tejas is a lightweight multirole fighter developed by India. It is a tailless, compound delta-wing design powered by a single engine. It came from the Light Combat Aircraft programme, which began in the 1980s to replace India's ageing MiG-21 fighters...

, and provided parachutes for the space capsule of Re-entry experiment SRE-1
Space Capsule Recovery Experiment
The Space Capsule Recovery Experiment is an Indian experimental spacecraft which was launched at 03:53 GMT on January 10, 2007 from Sriharikota by the Indian Space Research Organization . The launch was conducted using the PSLV C7 rocket, along with three other satellites...

 by ISRO .
Akashdeep, 2000 cum aerotstat was successfully test flown with both actual and dummy payloads. It is one of the major achievements of ADRDE.

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