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VISION

VRDE will get transformed into a Centre of Excellence in the area of Light Tracked, Wheeled & Specialist Vehicles to provide indigenous solutions to Armed Forces for the Mobility of their Weapons & Equipment. Make the NCAT, "National Centre for Automotive Testing" a World Class test facility to provide Total Solution to Defence & Automotive Industry for all their homologation & developmental testing needs

MISSION

Design and development of Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV).
Design and development of Light Tank.
Design and development of Wheeled Armoured Vehicle platforms and support vehicles for Main Battle Tanks.
Design and development of Specialist Ground Support Vehicles for strategic missile programmes.
Design and development of light weight high specific power output engines for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

The history of Vehicles Research & Development Establishment dates back to 1929, with the inception of 'Chief Inspectorate of Mechanical Transport (CIMT) at Chaklala (now in Pakistan) in 1947, the Estt was shifted to Ahmednagar and was renamed as Technical	Development Establishment [Vehicles], popularly known as TDE [V]. In 1962, the Engineering Wing was separated with the establishment of an independent establishment at Pune, named as R&DE (Engrs).