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DRDO SHIELD Programme: Testing Against High-Power Microwaves

10 September 20261 min read
DEFENCE & SECURITYDRDO SHIELDProgramme: TestingAgainst High-PowerMicrowaves10 September 2026safalsetu.com

Why in the news

DRDO started a programme to find out how vulnerable electronic systems are to high-power microwave strikes, drawing in private industry.

Key facts

  • Agency: DRDO.
  • Programme: SHIELD, run through the Technology Development Fund (TDF).
  • Focus: high-power microwave and directed-energy technologies.
  • Technology: Gallium Nitride-based solid-state power amplifiers.

Purpose and design

  • Check how electronic systems fare against high-power microwave attacks.
  • Encourage participation by the private sector.
  • Flexible test set-up, including drone-mounted use.

Exam angle

  • Funding route: Technology Development Fund.
  • Core technology: Gallium Nitride solid-state power amplifier.
  • Field: directed energy and high-power microwave.

Test yourself

1. Under which fund is DRDO's SHIELD programme being carried out?

SHIELD is under the Technology Development Fund.

2. The SHIELD testing system relies on which amplifier technology?

It uses Gallium Nitride-based solid-state power amplifiers.

3. DRDO's SHIELD programme targets capabilities in which area?

It strengthens high-power microwave and directed-energy capability.

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