Arjun Mk-2 battle tank user trials in June

SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

Combat Vehicles R&D Establishment (CVRDE), a premier DRDO lab at Avadi working in the research and development of battle tanks, celebrated the DRDO Day on Tuesday to mark the founding of the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO). Dr P Sivakumar, Director, CVRDE, recounted the achievements made by CVRDE in 2011. Successful demonstration of Arjun MBT Mk-I with 52 improvements required for Arjun Mk-II during summer trials, evaluation of digital control harness and advanced land navigation system were among the achievements. He also said that the Mark II version of Arjun MBT is slated for user trials during June 2012 and the lab is working for its success.