DRDO DG V.K. Saraswat said the 260 acre land required for setting up a long-range missile launch and testing site at Machilipatnam would soon be acquired and the test range would come up in three years at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore.
An Advanced Material Centre for Armouries and a Hitech Electronic Warfare Range are the next things in line for AP he added.
DRDO also plans for an Open Range near Dundigul and a Hypersonic Wind Tunnel near Shamirpet, said Dr Saraswat who was here to participate in the 26th National Convention of Aerospace Engineers and national seminar on Expan-ding Frontiers in Aero-space Technologies — Cha-llenges and Opportunities.