Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) was an Indian Ministry of Defence programme
- It aims for the research and development of the comprehensive range of missiles.
- The programme was managed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Ordnance Factories Board in partnership with other Indian government political organisations.
The missiles developed under the programme were:
- Short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Prithvi
- Intermediate-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni
- Short-range low-level surface-to-air missile Trishul
- Medium-range surface-to-air missile Akash
- Third generation anti-tank missile Nag
Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP)
- The project started in 1982–83 under the leadership of Abdul Kalam.
- The IGMDP got the approval from the Government of India on July 26, 1983.
- After achieving the goal of making India self-reliant in missile technology, DRDO on January 8, 2008, formally announced successful completion of IGMDP.
- Its design objectives achieved since most of the missiles in the programme had been developed and inducted by the Indian armed forces.
- Challenges during early stages
- After India test-fired the first Prithvi missile in 1988 and the Agni missile in 1989 the Missile Technology Control Regime decided to restrict access to any technology that would help India in its missile development program.
- To counter the MTCR, the IGMDP team formed a consortium of DRDO laboratories, industries and academic institutions to build these sub-systems, components and materials.
- India successfully developed indigenously all the restricted components denied to it by the MTCR.
