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Instruments Research and Development Establishment

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Established
  
February 1960

Director
  
Shri Benjamin Lionel

Budget
  
150 Crores

Motto
  
EO Fire Controls & Night Enabling to Indian Army

Field of research
  
Optics & Electro-Optics

Address
  
Raipur Road, Dehradun-248008

Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE) is a laboratory of the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO). Located in Dehradun, its primary function is research and development in the field of optical and electro-optical instrumentation. Their objective is to develop products like night vision devices, electro-optical surveillance and fire control systems.

Products

Holographic Sight- IRDE has supplied Indian army with holographic sights which have a range of up to 300m. The army has already put in a demand for 20,000 holographic device units while the National Security Guards has shown interest in the device and requested some units.

References

Instruments Research and Development Establishment Wikipedia