Armament Research and Development Establishment

ARDE's main area of research is in the design and development of conventional armaments for the Indian Armed Forces.

In this capacity, ARDE supervises the transfer of technology to these plants, and aids in initial productionization and quality assurance of these products.

With the Indian Armed Forces using many weapons from foreign vendors, it is necessary to integrate them and make them compatible with other existing systems in service.

[2] Drawing heavily from its past experience with the 7.62mm SLR, ARDE developed the 5.56 mm Indian Small Arms System (INSAS).

The INSAS family replaces all the three weapons, and consists of an Assault Rifle, a Light Machine Gun, and a Carbine Variant.

The single shot ARDE Under Barrel Grenade Launcher was developed in collaboration with Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli[3] for use with the INSAS and AK-47 rifles.

The system is capable of firing in salvo mode within 48 sec, neutralizing an area of 700 x 500 m. The Pinaka was successfully used in Kargil War against Fortified Pakistani Positions in the mountains.

The Arjun can also use HEAT, HESH and other rounds, as well as being able to fire the LAHAT Anti-tank missile The armament and ammunition system are under current production at OFB.

To improve pilot safety during ejection, the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune, India created a new line-charged canopy severance system, which has been certified by Martin-Baker.

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