RAS question
DRDO's advanced armoured platforms unveiled at Ahilyanagar in April 2026 have what level of indigenous content?
Correct answer: (C) 65 per cent.
DRDO's Advanced Armoured Platform, unveiled at VRDE Ahilyanagar in April 2026, had indigenous content to the tune of 65 per cent.
Explanation
DRDO's Advanced Armoured Platform, covering tracked and wheeled versions, was flagged off at VRDE, Ahilyanagar on 25 April 2026. The PIB release says the platforms were designed and developed by the Vehicles Research and Development Establishment and were integrated with an indigenously designed and developed 30 mm crewless turret. The same release gives the key indigenisation figure: the base design had indigenous content to the tune of 65 per cent, with plans to raise it further. That is why 65 per cent is the answer. The other figures in the options do not match the announced indigenous-content level for these armoured platforms.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 35 per cent is wrong because the PIB release states the indigenous content was 65 per cent, not 35 per cent.
- (B) 50 per cent is wrong because it understates the announced indigenous-content level of the platform.
- (D) 85 per cent is wrong because the cited release gives the current indigenous content as 65 per cent, not 85 per cent.
Concept
This tests current developments in defence technology, especially DRDO platforms and indigenisation. Such facts recur in RAS because they connect science and technology with national security and self-reliance themes.