Integrated Test Range

Integrated Test Range
Launch Complex-III (LC-III), Chandipur hosting the trials of Pinaka multiple rocket systems.
Established1982
DirectorShri K Suchendar
LocationBalasore, Odisha, India
21°26′13″N 87°00′58″E / 21.437°N 87.016°E / 21.437; 87.016
Operating agency
Defence Research and Development Organisation
Websitehttps://www.drdo.gov.in/labs-and-establishments/integrated-test-range-itr

The Integrated Test Range (ITR) is a test and evaluation (T&E) centre of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Located in Balasore, Odisha, it provides safe and reliable launch facilities for performance evaluation of rockets, missiles and air-borne weapon system. The present director of ITR is Shri K Suchendar.

History

This section is an excerpt from Abdul Kalam Island § Integrated Test Range.[edit]

The Integrated Test Range (ITR) is a missile testing facility composed of two complexes - Launch Complex-IV (LC-IV) located on Abdul Kalam Island and Launch Complex-III (LC-III) located at Chandipur, Balasore district.

On 25 February 2025, DRDO and the Indian Navy successfully conducted flight trials of a first-of-its-kind naval antiship missile (NASM-SR) that has ‘Man-in-Loop’ features, which is unique as it gives the capability of inflight targeting.

Other test ranges

On 10 October 2024, the Cabinet Committee on Security approved the proposal for the establishment of a new missile testing range in Nagayalanka region in Andhra Pradesh. This will likely be the revival of the Machilipatnam Test Range Project.

As of April 2024, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working to establish a missile test range near Junput, Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal. The location is 177 km from Kolkata, 40 km from Digha and 70 km from Chandipur. The Range will cover an area of 8.73 acres. The project received approval from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. In September 2026, it was confirmed that the project received approval from the state government. This would be the third weapons and missile test range for DRDO after the Integrated Test Range and the recently approved Machilipatnam Test Range.

References

  1. ↑ "India, Singapore ink LoI on use of Integrated Test Range at Chandipur". The Hindu. PTI. 2019-11-20. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  2. ↑ "About Us | Defence Research and Development Organisation - DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Government of India". www.drdo.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  3. ↑ "AGNI – I Missile test Fired Successfully" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2026-06-15. ...from Launch Complex – IV (LC-IV), Wheelers Island off the coast of Bay of Bengal...
  4. ↑ "Large-Scale Evacuation At Balasore's Chandipur For Missile Test At ITR". ETV Bharat News. 2026-06-11. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  5. ↑ @ArgusNews_in (2026-06-11). "ChandipurMissileTest | Second Phase Missile Trial Successfully Conducted..." (Tweet). Retrieved 2026-06-15 – via X (formerly Twitter). A missile was successfully test-fired from Launch Complex-3 (LC-3) at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur in Balasore...
  6. ↑ "DRDO, Navy successfully conduct trials of new 'Man-in-Loop' anti-ship missile". The Times of India. 2025-02-28. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  7. ↑ "India to develop new missile testing range on east Coast, CCS gives approval". ANI. 2024-10-13. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  8. ↑ "DRDO starts work to set up test centre in Bengal: Official". The Economic Times. 2024-04-04. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  9. ↑ "India to get another major DRDO missile testing range in Bengal". The Times of India. 2026-09-13. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-09-13.