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title: "Indian Army to Gear Up DRDO's Lightweight Built Bullet-Proof Jacket!"  
description: "India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has recently formulated a compact-sized bullet-proof jacket that evaluates nine kilograms"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2021-04-05  
updated: 2021-04-05  
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category: "data science"  
tags: ["news", "india", "jackets", "indian army", "drdo"]  
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# Indian Army to Gear Up DRDO's Lightweight Built Bullet-Proof Jacket!

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has recently formulated a compact-sized bullet-proof jacket that evaluates nine kilograms and matches the qualitative regulations of the [Indian Army](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81360/china-india-tension-escalates-time-to-stand-with-indian-army), the defense ministry announced in a statement.

![Indian Army to Gear Up DRDO](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/dd64ce48-adf6-4748-ab67-376d7dfaf365/images/c069047a-b52c-46e3-9041-c2622d8149b9.jpeg)\

The jacket has been evolved by the Kanpur-situated Defence Material Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), which is one of the laboratories of the [government](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/276/performance-of-government-in-the-center)-run [Defence Research and Development Organisation](https://www.drdo.gov.in/home) (DRDO).

"**The front hard armor panel [bulletproof jacket](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93632/is-drdo-developed-a-new-bulletproof-jacket-for-indian-army) was assessed at [Terminal](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72321/what-is-terminal-high-altitude-area-defense-thaad-sometimes-seen-in-the-news) Ballistics Research Lab in Chandigarh and it fulfilled related criteria of the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards)**," the declaration stated. The front hard armor panel [technology](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13005/the-functional-aspects-of-laser-technology) utilized for this jacket decreases the weightage of a medium-sized bulletproof jacket from 10.4 kilograms to 9 kilograms, the ministry's statement announced.

![Indian Army to Gear Up DRDO](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/dd64ce48-adf6-4748-ab67-376d7dfaf365/images/a2b232b2-5f80-4692-9c72-afa102ca555c.jpeg)\

[Defence Minister](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44897/who-is-the-current-defence-minister-of-india) [Rajnath Singh](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajnath_Singh) complimented and congratulated the DRDO and its lab DMSRDE for proposing the new jacket. "**India requires more additional innovative [product design](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/300173/4-different-approaches-to-successful-product-design) and growth to comprehend the fantasy of #AtmaNirbharBharat**," he told in a Twitter post.

![Indian Army to Gear Up DRDO](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/dd64ce48-adf6-4748-ab67-376d7dfaf365/images/16f3e748-fedd-4da3-b3ad-7b1a353c39e3.jpeg)\

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