Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Air Force have jointly flight tested indigenously developed Long-Range Bomb successfully from an aerial platform.<br />''<br />''The Long-Range Bomb after release from the IAF fighter aircraft, guided to a land-based target at a long range with accuracy within specified limits. All the mission objectives were successfully met. The flight of the bomb and the performance was monitored by a number of range sensors including Electro-Optical Tracking System, Telemetry and radar deployed by the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha.<br />''<br />''The Long-Range Bomb has been designed and developed by Research Centre Imarat, a DRDO laboratory located at Hyderabad in coordination with other DRDO laboratories.<br />''<br />''Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has congratulated DRDO, IAF and other teams associated with successful flight trial and stated that this will prove to be a force multiplier for the Indian Armed Forces.<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy in his message to the teams said that successful flight test of Long-Range Bomb has marked an important milestone in indigenous development of this class of systems.</span>