India has successfully tested the UAV London Principal Guided Missile-V3. The test was conducted at the National Open Area Range test site located in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh shared information about this magnificent achievement through X on Friday.
Defense Minister congratulated
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh wrote about the successful testing, “Promoting India’s defense capabilities, the DRDO has successfully conducted a flight test of UAV London Principal Guided Missile (ULPGM) -V3 at the Testing Range National Open Area Range (NOAR) located in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. Congratulations to DRDO and Industry Partners, MSME and Start-Up for the development and successful tests of the ULPGM-V3 system. This success proves that the Indian industry is now ready to assimilate and produce important defense technologies.
In a Major Boost to India’s Defense Capability, @DRDO_India Has successfully carried out flight trials of uv launched precision guided missile (ulpgm) -V3 in the National Open Area Range (Noar), Test Range in Kurno, andhra Pradesh.
Congratulations to drdo and the industry… pic.twitter.com/kr4gzafmoq
– rajnath singh (@rajnathsingh) July 25, 2025
Testing has been done in many parts of the country
Earlier in May, the Indian Army demonstrated wide capacity at major places across the country including Pokhran Field Firing Range, Babina Field Firing Range and Joshimath. According to an official press release issued on 31 May, these areas were almost conducted under war -like circumstances. In which electronic war simulation was integrated to intensively evaluate the performance of state -of -the -art defense systems. On 27 May, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi visited the Babina firing range and reviewed the ongoing demonstrations and interacted with all the stakeholders.
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The UAV London Principal Guided Missile (ULPGM) -V3 is an advanced arms system developed by India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO). Which is launched by drone. This weapon system is designed to meet the needs of modern war. It plays an important role in strengthening India’s indigenous defense capabilities.
Main characteristics:
This missile is specifically designed for drones. It uses technology such as passive homeing with imaging infrared Sikar, which is capable of accurate targets both day and night.
This 12.5 kg fire-end-Fargate missile is operated by a small dualthrust solid propulsion unit. It can kill a maximum of 4 km a day and 2.5 km in the night. Adani and Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) are the lead manufacturing partners of the ULPGM project, while DRDO is responsible for the development and testing of these weapons. ULPGM is an advanced version of V3, V2 and V1.
