(IADWS) in the Odisha coast on August 23, 2025, at around 12.30 pm.

IADWS is an interlayered native air defence barrier featuring Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missiles (QRSAM), Advanced Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missiles and a high-power laser-powered Directed Energy Weapon (DEW). These systems are successfully linked by a Central Command and Control Centre that is also a design of the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) that is the front office of this grand programme. The system VSHORADS developed by the Research Centre Imarat and the Centre of High Energy Systems and Sciences have developed the DEW system.

The exercises consisted of three parallel aerial targets of varying distances and altitudes that consisted of two high-speed unmanned aerial vehicles and a multi-copter drone. These targets were neutralised by the QRSAM,

VSHORADS and the high-energy laser weapon system and their usefulness in close coordination was proved. The radars and the communications, the missile systems and the drone detection-destruction teams were all perfectly coordinated. The results of the trials were verified against independent instruments at the Chandipur Integrated Test Range where the flight data was correct.

The exercise was also overseen by senior scientists of DRDO and representatives of the Armed Forces. Citing the efforts of DRDO, the armed forces and the Indian industry partners, the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attributed the success of this achievement to this and said that the successful demonstration was a milestone in ensuring that India has multi-layered multi-tiered aerial defence against the hostile aerial threats and it will offer protection to sensitive infrastructure. DRDO Chairman and Secretary, Defence R&D, Dr. Samir V. Kamat also congratulated the teams on the breakthrough, pointing to the importance to the Indian quest of self-reliance in advanced defence technologies.

source: The Hindu

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