Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

It is the main DRDO lab involved in the development of Armoured fighting vehicles, Tanks, Automotive electronics and many other.

It is located in Avadi, in Chennai, India

Contact-

CVRDE

Email - director@
cvrde.drdo.in

Fax - 04426385112,
26383661

Telephone no. - 26385112,
26383722,
26364001

RTI Contact -04426364077

Grievances Contact
04426385033

PRO Contact - 26364051

CVRDE Area of Work

To design, develop, manufacture prototypes and performance evaluation and transfer of technologies of

Tracked Combat Vehicles
Specialist Tracked Vehicles
Products for Aerospace Secondary Power Drive Applications

Tracked Combat Vehicles Products:

Products:

Main Battle Tanks
Self Propelled Artillery Gun

Tracked Vehicles:

Carrier Mortar Tracked (CMT)
Armoured Ambulance
Combat Improved Ajeya
Ground support Vehicles for Missile Programme
Bridge Layer Tanks
Armoured Repair & Recovery Vehicles
Carrier Command Post Tracked

Combat Vehicle Technology Products

Diesel Engine
Automatic Transmission
Suspension
Weapon control
Automotive Electronics
Automotive Electrical Systems

Aerospace Technology Products

Aircraft Mounted Accessory Gearbox (AMAGB) (Air Force and Naval Versions)
Hydraulic Filters
Power Take Off (PTO) Shaft
Aircraft Bearings
DC Generators
Landing Gears

Unmanned Ground Vehicle(UGV)

Tracked Unmanned Ground Vehicles for Different Missions
Teleoperation
Autonomous Navigation

Arjun MBT Training Simulators

Classroom Trainer (Level 1)
Desktop Trainer (Level 2)
Gunnery Training Simulator (Level 3)
Troop Training Simulator (Level 4)

Centre for Engineering Analysis and Design (CEAD)

Product Design through Finite Element Analysis
Stress analysis & design validation through FEA
Multibody dynamics analysis
Thermomechanical analysis
Vibration analysis & Vehicle Dynamics
Problem Solving through Analytical and Numerical Methods
Virtual Reality Modeling for Large Scale Visualization

Testing and Evaluation of AFVs and their Sub-systems

Engine Test
Fuel Injection Pump Test
Transmission Test
Variable Speed Drive Test
Road Wheel Test
Air Cleaner Test
Pump Test
Suspension Test
Hydraulics Test