Indian Missile News And Discussion

[Arun_S]

[quote name='ramana' date='03 August 2011 - 08:47 PM' timestamp='1312384171' post='112356']

DRDO TechFocus July 2011



[url="http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/pub/nl/2011/nl_july.pdf"]http://drdo.gov.in/d...011/nl_july.pdf[/url]



See page 10 and the awards pages.

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Thank you ! Indeed a very significant report. Would like to highlight a few important ones:

Raksha Mantri asks DRDO to focus on 5000 km Range Missile Hon’ble Raksha Mantri, Shri AK Antony, addressed the gathering after presenting the DRDO Awards on 03 June 2011. He called upon Defence scientists to deliver the Agni-V missile at the earliest. He said, ‘DRDO must demonstrate its capability to deliver missiles, which can reach the range of 5000 km [color="#A0522D"]at the earliest.[/color] The Interceptor Missile Development Programme has taken India to an elite club of nations that possess the capability to demonstrate missile defence capability. DRDO should now work towards developing a credible ballistic missile defence for our country’. Speaking to reporters later Dr VK Saraswat, SA to RM, said that the Agni-V test launch will take place before this year end.

Life Time Achievement Award for 2010 has been conferred on[color="#A0522D"] Air Cmde (Retd) R Gopalaswami, Defence Research and Development Laboratory ( D R D L ) , Hyderabad, for his exceptional c o n t r i b u t i o n s of the highest order in the development of liquid rocket engines for missiles and multi-fold array of technology and management initiatives.[/color]

DRDO: RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS AT A GLANCE



Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a premier research establishment of India, is engaged in developing defence technologies covering various disciplines like aeronautics, armaments, electronics, combat vehicles, engineering systems, instrumentation, missiles, advanced computing and simulation, special materials, naval systems, and life sciences. Many important systems were accepted/inducted by the Services. The production value of systems based on technologies developed by DRDO (inducted/accepted/orders) placed during the past one decade is well over 1,10,000 crore.) Some of these technologies have been highlighted here



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Thus, BrahMos Block II with target discrimination and precision strike capabilities, was test-fired. Similarly, BrahMos Block III with capability for steep diving from high altitudes and high manoeuvers at multiple points during supersonic flight, was also tested. Development of advanced missile systems is a continuous effort and requires systematic development of more and more advanced technologies. Ring Laser Gyro (RLG) based Inertial Navigation System was developed, qualified, and tested. [color="#A0522D"]An Active Radar Seeker for advanced missions was successfully developed. [/color]A Fibre Optics Gyro was successfully developed and tested onboard.



.... .. . .. In tune with changing war scenario, major thrust has been given to develop Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Successful flight trials of Rustom-1, a UAV with endurance of 14 h and altitude ceiling of 8,000 m demonstrated the capabilities for automated/remotely- piloted landing/ take-off and associated technologies.Nishant, another UAV developed by DRDO was ready for induction by the Army. A medium-sized aerostatbased platform was developed for surveillance applications. A novel method was developed and flight-tested for an in-flight structural monitoring of the manned as well as unmanned aircraft structures. The scheme was flight-tested on a Nishant UAV. Besides, over 100 test flights of a 3,000 gm Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) designed and developed by DRDO were carried out. A laser seeker kit – ‘Sudarshan’, for 1,000 lb bombs was developed and initial demand for significant number of seeker kits has been received from the Services.





An advanced facility was created to undertake full-scale processing of large rocket motors. The facility was commissioned and the casting of various motors commenced. Pinaka–Multi-barrel Rocket Launcher System was developed and technology transferred to production agencies. Two regiments of Pinaka (worth Rs 1300 crore) have been raised by Army, which is also likely to place orders for another two regiments. The Transfer of Technology (ToT) for multi-mode grenade was completed, for which the Army has placed an order for 10 lakh grenades. Under-barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) for INSAS and AK-47 rifles was introduced into the Services with order for 10,000 launchers.





.... . . . In the field of electronics and electro-optics, many systems were inducted/accepted by the services. 3-D medium-range surveillance radar – Rohini and its naval variant, Revathi were inducted. 3-D low-level lightweight radar – Aslesha (for IAF) as well as Bharani (for Army) have been accepted by the Services. The engineered version of upgraded Weapon Locating Radar (WLR – Swathi) developed by DRDO was

realised by the production agency. Electronic Warfare Systems Samyukta (Naval variant) and Sujav were inducted. Orders have been received for the Combat Net Radio (CNR) with anti-jamming features



... .. . . . Advanced materials have been always at the core of weapon systems and military hardware. Significant milestones have been achieved in this critical area. A low-alloy steel DMR-1700 with ultrahigh strength and high fracture toughness has been developed as a cost effective replacement of 250 grade maraging steel. [color="#A0522D"]The alloy was proven by successful demonstration in the intended application[/color][color="#A0522D"].[/color]