Research Centre Imarat (RCI) is a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratory located in Hyderabad, Telangana.
The lab is responsible for research and development of missile systems, guided weapons and advanced avionics for the Indian Armed Forces.
[4][5][6][7] The Research Centre Imarat (RCI) is a global frontrunner in developing avionics and navigation systems for missiles.
[8] RCI is the leading laboratory which has successfully spearheaded the Indo-Israel joint development Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) programme and had hat-trick success in its first three consecutive missions.
[9][10] RCI, in a collobartion with other Defence Research and Development Organisation laboratories, the Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORAD).