New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- The Standing Committee on Defence, in its Fifteenth Report presented to Parliament, commended the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for achieving breakthroughs in next-generation defence technologies and for generating significant savings through indigenous research.

Referring to Recommendation No. 17 of the report, the Committee noted "with glee" that DRDO has achieved "crucial milestones in developing next-generation hypersonic technologies and missiles" over the past and current year. The panel also recorded that DRDO's indigenous research initiatives over the last five years have enabled savings amounting to Rs 2,64,156 crore.

"The Committee congratulate DRDO for its various feats and have ev...