{"id":1318,"date":"2026-06-27T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:25:06","slug":"ulpgm-v3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/ulpgm-v3\/","title":{"rendered":"ULPGM-V3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ULPGM-V3<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>What\u2019s in the news?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The<strong> Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) <\/strong>has successfully carried out final development trials of the<strong> UAV-Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3, <\/strong>paving the way for its critical user trials by the armed forces.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>During the tests, the missile system was operated through an <strong>advanced integrated Ground Control System (GCS)<\/strong> designed to automate launch and operational readiness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1319\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The ULPGM-V3 is an <strong>indigenous, fire-and-forget, precision-guided missile<\/strong> specifically engineered for <strong>launch from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or combat drones)<\/strong> to <strong>eliminate stationary and moving tactical threats<\/strong> on the ground and in the air.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The missile was developed by <strong>Research Centre Imarat<\/strong>, a Hyderabad-based DRDO laboratory, in collaboration with other DRDO facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ULPGM-V3 What\u2019s in the news?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1320,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions\/1320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}