Charter of Duties
Though the Charter of Duties as envisaged during ARDE's formation has undergone considerable changes, the role per-se remains more or less unaltered. The current Charter of Duties of this Establishment are as under
- Design & Development of Conventional Armaments (CA) for the Services and Para-Military Forces
- Basic and applied research, modelling, simulation and software development in the field of Conventional Armaments
- ToT to Production agencies for Productionisation
- Pilot plant production of critical stores/ materials
- Assistance to industry in production of armament stores
- Life Extension and Product Improvement Programmes (PIPs) for in-Service equipment
- Development of armament stores for non-MoD Agencies