- Formed
- 1 January 1958 ; 68 years ago ( 1958-01-01 )
- Headquarters
- DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi , Delhi , India
- Motto
- "Strength's Origin is in Science" , Sanskrit: बलस्य मूलं विज्ञानम्
- Employees
- 30,000 (5,000 scientists)
- Annual budget
- ₹ 26,816 crore (US$2.8 billion) (2025–26)
- Minister responsible
- Rajnath Singh , Minister of Defence
- Agency executive
- Samir V. Kamat , Chairman, DRDO
- Parent agency
- Ministry of Defence
- Website
- drdo .gov .in