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{{Infobox Laboratory<br />
|name = Instruments Research & Development Establishment<br />
|motto = EO Fire Controls & Night Enabling to Indian Army<br />
|logo = <br />
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|established = February 1960<br />
|city = [[Dehradun]], <br />[[Uttarakhand]]<br />
|research_field = Optics & Electro-Optics<br />
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|director = Dr. Binay Kumar Das<br />
|staff = <br />
|budget = 150 Crores<br />
|operating_agency = [[DRDO]]<br />
|affiliations = Ministry of Defence<br />
|address = Raipur Road, <br />Dehradun-248008<br />
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|campus = <br />
|website = https://www.drdo.gov.in/labs-and-establishments/instruments-research-development-establishment-irde<br />
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The '''Instruments Research & Development Establishment''' (IRDE) is a laboratory of the [[Defence Research & Development Organization]] (DRDO). Located in [[Dehradun]], its primary function is research and development in the field of optical and electro-optical instrumentation. Their objective is to develop products like night vision devices, electro-optical surveillance and fire control systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drdo.org/labindex.shtml |title=DRDO Labs |access-date=2008-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226023517/http://www.drdo.org/labindex.shtml |archive-date=2007-12-26 |url-status=dead }} </ref><br />
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==Products==<br />
=== Holographic Sight ===<br />
The IRDE has developed holographic sights which are manufactured by the [[Ordnance Factory Dehradun|ORD]], and have a range of up to 300m. The army has already put in a demand for 20,000 holographic device units while the [[National Security Guards]] has shown interest in the device and requested some units.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081107/dun.htm#1 India gets holographic sight device], 7 November 2008, Umesh Dewan, Tribune News Service, Retrieved 8 October 2012</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.drdo.org.in/labs/electronics/irde/index.shtml IRDE Website]<br />
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