http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Research_and_Development_Establishment http://www.drdo.org/ CVRDE · IRDE · R&DE · SASE · VRDE Established 1965 Director Dr. C.L. Dhamejani Location Ahmednagar, Maharashtra Address Vahannagar, Ahmednagar-- 414006 Operating Agency DRDO http://www.drdo.gov.in/labs/vrde/index.html Center for Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (VRDE) is a laboratory of the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO). Located in Vahannagar, its primary function is research and development of various Light Tracked, Wheeled & Specialised Vehicles for defense applications. Its mission is to develop Infantry Combat Vehicle, Light Armoured Wheeled platform and family of such vehicles for different purposes . The history of Vehicles Research & Development Establishment dates back to 1929, with the inception of 'Chief Inspectorate of Mechanical Transport (CIMT) at Chaklala (now in Pakistan) in 1947, the Estt was shifted to Ahmednagar and was renamed as Technical Development Establishment [Vehicles], popularly known as TDE [V]. In 1962, the Engineering Wing was separated with the establishment of an independent establishment at Pune, named as R&DE (Engrs). Further in 1965, the activities were bifurcated between 'R&D' and 'Inspection' and two separate establishments viz. Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (VRDE) and Controllerate of Inspection Vehicles (CIV), (now known as Controllerate of Quality Assurance Vehicles (CQAV), came into existence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Vehicles_Research_and_Development_Establishment Established March 1976 Director S. Sundaresh Location Chennai Address Avadi, Chennai-600 054 Operating Agency DRDO Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Located in Avadi, in Chennai, India. It is the main DRDO lab involved in the development of Armoured fighting vehicles and Tanks. After the Independence of India, the Chief Inspectorate of Mechanical Transport Establishment (MTE), which was previously located in Chaklala, Pakistan, was moved to Ahmednagar. It was later renamed as Vehicle Research & Development Establishment (VRDE), Ahmednagar. In 1965, the Heavy Vehicles Factory was set up at Avadi to manufacture Vijayanta Tanks. A detachment of VRDE was established there to provide R&D support. In March 1976, the VRDE detachment at Avadi was split off from VRDE and re-designated as Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE), as an independent DRDO laboratory responsible for Research & Development of Armoured Fighting Vehicles.[1] [edit]Areas of Work CVRDE has been tasked with the design, development and testing of tracked combat vehicles and specialized tracked vehicles. It has also designed certain aircraft subsystems, mainly related to the engine and hydraulics. Like many DRDO labs, it also develops civilian technologies based on spin-offs of the defence related products developed by it.It has recenty started developing Unmanned Ground Vehicles of the tracked category. CVRDE is the main research lab responsible for the development of the Arjun MBT, 248 of which have been ordered by the Indian Army. It has also developed the Tank-EX, Bhim Self Propelled Artillery, based on the Arjun Chassis, and the Combat Improved Ajeya, an upgrade of the Indian Army's T-72 Tanks. Apart from these, CVRDE has also developed other combat and Engineering Vehicles, like Armored Cars, Bridge-layer Tanks, Armored Recovery Vehicles and a Mortar Carrier based on the BMP-2 chassis CVRDE is also working on many technologies related to Armoured Fighting vehicles. CVRDE has a division dedicated to development of Automatic transmissions for Armored Fighting Vehicles. It has developed transmissions of various power ranges viz. 1500, 800, 150 hp. It has developed various subsystems of transmission like torque converter, Fluid coupling and retarder, Steering units, Final drives etc. http://www.idyb.com/imr/publishers.php IDYB GROUP The IDYB Group has a legacy of publishing military books since 1931. It has unrivalled reputation amongst the Indian Armed Forces and the defence industry. Indian Defence Yearbook and Indian Military Review monthly magazine are the flagship publications of the IDYB Group. IDYB Group 26 Janpath Bhavan Market, Janpath New Delhi 110 001, India Tel: +91-11-25089567 Fax: +91-11-23752878 Email: response@idyb.com