Union minister of state for youth affairs and sports (IC) and Minister for state of Defence Jitendra Singh, while presiding over the release of a DRDO product ‘Single High Band Transmitter’ for Airborne Applications during his visit to Micro Wave Tube Research & Development Centre (MTRDC), Bengaluru said, “The future weapons are going to be based on microwaves and lasers.
The research and development in the high end technology is very complex and I am glad to know that the thoughts in that direction is already underway.” The product was handed over by Dr lalit Kumar, the director MTRDC to Soundar Rajan, director DARE and Dr K Tamil Mani, DS & Chief Controller R&D (Aeronautics). He also appreciated DRDO’s initiative in the frontier areas.