On 30 August, 2025, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated Raphe mPhibr’s new defence equipment and drone manufacturing unit, along with the country’s largest aircraft engine test bed, in Gautam Buddh Nagar, Noida.
The facility, housing an engine test bed, additive manufacturing centre, composite polymer hub, payload drones, and guided missile drones, was hailed by the Defence Minister as “state-of-the-art.”
Raphe mPhibr, founded in 2017 with 10 people, now employs over 600 scientists and engineers and is expected to create 5,000 work opportunities in the state, boosting the Atmanirbhar Bharat vision.