Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE) is established under DRDO . It working for research, design, development and technology transfer in optical and electro-optical instrumentation for Defence Services.

Contact Detail :
Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE)
Raipur Road, Dehradun-248008, Uttarakhand, INDIA
Tel: +91-135-2787169, 2787126
Fax: +91-135-2787128, 2787161
Email: director@irde.drdo.in

Product & Technologies :
Core Competences
Design Capabilities

Optical & electro-optical design

Opto-mechanical design

Optical thin film design

Technologies

Optical Fabrication (Spherical, Conic & Aspheric Surface on glass, germanium, Silicon & metal)

Day Sight (Direct vision, Periscope & Panoramic)

Night Vision technology based on II tube and Thermal Imaging.

Hand Held Day-Night Surveillance Equipment

Stabilized Gimbals

Ballistic Computation.

Systems

Electro-Optical Fire Control System.

Thermal Imaging based Surveillance Systems.

Laser Based Instruments (e.g. Range Finders, Designators, Seekers & Proximity Sensors)

Line-of-sight control system

System Engineering

Research Areas
Holography
Photonic research