MOBILE METALLIC RAMP FOR INDIAN ARMY

 

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Topics covered:

• What is Mobile Metallic Ramp (MMR)?
• What are its significances?
• Information about DRDO

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News Flash

The Defence Research and Development Organisation handed over to the Indian Army the design of Mobile Metallic Ramp (MMR) for strategic mobility of armoured and mechanised units as well as formations of the Army.

 

Highlights

• This Mobile Metallic Ramp (MMR) has a load-bearing capacity of 70 metric ton (MT).
• The Mobile Metallic Ramp (MMR) has been designed and developed by DRDO’s premier research laboratory, Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES).
• It is based on the requirements projected by Army for reducing the Strategic Mobility time of mobilising Armoured Fighting Vehicles.
• MMR will provide the strategic mobility for Armoured and Mechanised units and formations of the Army.
• It is modular in design and portable, which can be easily assembled or disassembled.

 

Defence Research and Development Organisation

DRDO was formed in 1958 from the amalgamation of the then already functioning Technical Development Establishment (TDEs) of the Indian Army and the Directorate of Technical Development & Production (DTDP) with the Defence Science Organisation (DSO).

Today, DRDO is a network of more than 50 laboratories which are deeply engaged in developing defence technologies covering various disciplines, like aeronautics, armaments, electronics, combat vehicles, engineering systems, instrumentation, missiles, advanced computing and simulation, special materials, naval systems, life sciences, training, information systems and agriculture

 

Source: ET

 

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