DRDO Develops India's Lightest Bulletproof Vest Against Highest Threat Level

This jacket is based on a new design approach where novel material along with new processes has been used, the statement issued by the Ministry of Defence said.

A unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully developed the lightest bulletproof jacket in the country for protection against the highest threat level 6, an official statement said on Tuesday. DMSRDE, Kanpur has successfully developed indigenous light weight Bullet Proof Jacket( BPJ) for protection against highest threat level 6 of BIS. This is the first of its kind in monolithic ceramic which can stop 6 7.62x54 API bullets@DefenceMinIndia@SpokespersonMoDpic.twitter.com/v8O43kf8hC

This jacket is based on a new design approach where novel material along with new processes has been used, the statement issued by the Ministry of Defence said.

"DRDO's Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), Kanpur has successfully developed the lightest bulletproof jacket in the country for protection against 7.62 x 54 R API (level 6 of BIS 17051) ammunition. Recently, this bulletproof jacket was successfully tested at TBRL, Chandigarh as per BIS 17051-2018," it said.