The DRDO along with IIT-Delhi has developed lightweight bulletproof jackets which meet the "highest threat levels" and whose front and rear armours provide 360-degree protection, the defence ministry said on Wednesday( 25 September 2024). Based on the selection-criteria matrix, some Indian industries were shortlisted for Transfer of Technology and handholding, it said.

• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), along with researchers of the Institute of Technology-Delhi, has developed these lightweight bulletproof jackets named 'ABHED' (Advanced Ballistics for High Energy Defeat).
• The jackets have been developed at the DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE) at IIT-Delhi, the ministry said in a statement.
• The Centre is ready to transfer the technology to three industries, it said.