Be a centre for Design &
Development of state -of -the -art Armoured Fighting Vehicles
for the services.
Design, develop and lead to
production tracked armament vehicles and specialist vehicles to
meet the needs of the service. Build technological capabilities
in critical areas including test and evaluation of Combat
system.
Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE) has its origin as the Chief Inspectorate of Mechanical Transport Establishment, set up at Chaklala (now situated in Pakistan) in 1929. After Independence of India, this establishment was moved to Ahmednagar to form Technical Development Establishment (TDE - Vehicles). It was later transformed into Vehicle Research & Development Establishment (VRDE), Ahmednagar.
