Indian Missile Development

[Pintu]

Satish , I think sub systems of nirbhay have already been tested.

Regards

 

[sayareakd]

a missile is never tested in full, all its systems and sub systems are tested in flight, only after that those are tested in complete missile as far as PTA and Nirbhy goes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,8)..................DRDO guys are creative.

 

[SATISH]

Satish , I think sub systems of nirbhay have already been tested.

Regards

Pintuji, The sub-systems have been tested in Bhramos, Lakshya, Shaurya and a lot of other missiles. The Sub-Sonic Nirbhay is the missile that is actually going to make up our lo-end division of our Land attack missile arsenal. As we have already validated the launch computer, guidance systems, engine and a host of other subsystems we are now integrating and testing it as a whole new system. Wouldnt be surprised if they hit bulls-eye in the first try.

But anything may go wrong anytime!

 

[Pintu]

Ok, then it is quite understandable that why there is so many Lakshya Test.

Regards

 

[Galaxy]

India to test fire sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay next year

India to test fire sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay next year

Sunday, Nov 13, 2011

Looking to add more lethal firepower to its arsenal, India is planning to test fire its latest 1000-km range sub-sonic land attack cruise missile 'Nirbhay' early next year.

Nirbhay will be a terrain hugging, stealthy missile capable of delivering multiple warheads as per mission requirements.

"We are looking to test-fire the new sub-sonic cruise missile in the first quarter of 2012. The Nirbhay will be a new state-of-the-art missile," DRDO officials told PTI here.

With its range of 1,000 Km, the missile has longer reach than Pakistan's Hatf-7 Babur missile, which claims to have a range of 700 km.

The missile is being developed by the Advanced Systems Laboratory under the DRDO.

Sources said the missile will be sleeker than other similar weapon systems that are operational with different countries.

The Nirbhay will be India's second cruise missile after the 300 km range BrahMos, which is a supersonic system. The missile can be launched from multiple launchers and will be inducted into all the three services.

India to test fire sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay next year - India - DNA

 

[sayareakd]

Ok, then it is quite understandable that why there is so many Lakshya Test.

Regards

question should be when first test flight was taken place of this Pilots less target aircraft for shooting practice of AAA or SAM or to check the radar against cruise missiles, why the hell they keep on testing it.

It was formally inducted in service in 2000 then the test flight should have stop, surely our public money is not to be wasted, plus you cannot do much with PTA.

Lakshya II is there, but again not too different from Lakshya I, therefore you cannot keep on testing it.

 

[Pintu]

question should be when first test flight was taken place of this Pilots less target aircraft for shooting practice of AAA or SAM or to check the radar against cruise missiles, why the hell they keep on testing it.

It was formally inducted in service in 2000 then the test flight should have stop, surely our public money is not to be wasted, plus you cannot do much with PTA.

Lakshya II is there, but again not too different from Lakshya I, therefore you cannot keep on testing it.

Anup, is it possible that they are testing the powerplants of nirbhay , on-board Lakshya or can guidance system be tested on this ?

Regards

 

[ramkumarn_88]

Really a great news. But when was this tender initiated? I mean the tender for these manufacturing units??

 

[sesha_maruthi27]

At last the GoI is ready to mass produce the missiles.............

Great news and this shows that INDIA has woke up from a deep sleep and is getting ready to show its presence in the WORLD....................:thumb:

 

[Galaxy]

Missiles to get smarter & lighter with onboard desi chip

Missiles to get smarter & lighter with onboard desi chip

DECEMBER 15, 2011


Bangalore\Hyderabad: Indian missiles are set to go lighter and smarter with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on the verge of launching a System on Chip (SOC) component, to be embedded on to the onboard computer (OBC). The SOC will give a tech advantage to the scientists to either increase the range of the missile or the warhead, depending upon the mission. The processing speed also will go up by 6-7 times with SOC.

A five-member team of young scientists with average nine years of experience are eagerly waiting for the final product, which will replace the PCB-based hardware consisting of various integrated components (IC) on single board. A missile typically carries huge number of such ICs making the total weight of the OBC close to 4-5 kilograms. The SOC with its power supply unit and connecters will weigh less than 200 grams.

DRDO scientists claim that it will be for the first time India will equip its missiles with such state-of-the-art component, though the US, Israel and China have made inroads in similar technologies. SOC will be a match-box size unit with high computing intense application and very low power requirement. The efficiency of the missile will also be increased by many folds.

S K Ray, Director, Research Centre Imarat (RCI), tells Express that miniatirisation of systems makes the missile high-performance in nature. "Smaller avionics means, more options for warhead with more propulsion. Ours chips can be used for avionics applications in future too and we have a huge cost advantage having made them indigenously. It will be an integral part of all future navigation and homing guidance seekers," says Ray.

DRDO hopes to get the first block of SOCs in December and later test it the on short-range air-to-air Astra missile by mid-2012. Astra – a BVR (Beyond Visual Range) missile – will be initially integrated with Su-30 MKI and later on Tejas and MiG-29.

B H V S Narayana Murthy, Director, Real-Time Embedded Computers, RCI, says that the might of India's futuristic missiles will largely depend on miniaturization of onboard systems. "The key developing smaller and efficient components and India is in striking distance in achieving this. Tactical missiles will be the biggest beneficiaries and we are now aiming to standardize and offer SOC to more platforms in future," Murthy said.

The SOC is a project being undertaken by RCI, jointly with the Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group (ANURAG) – both DRDO labs based in Hyderabad. The Real-Time Embedded Computer Directorate under RCI has tasked the SOC development to its Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) wing. Though the Rs 32-crore project was sanctioned in December 2005, with a four-year deadline to deliver the product, sources attribute the slippage of two years to the technology challenges involved in developing low-power SOCs.

Tarmak007 -- A bold blog on Indian defence: Missiles to get smarter & lighter with onboard desi chip

 

[nrj]

I hope they've completed the extensive tests before integrating new SoC with functional hardwares.

Friends at ISRO can help them in troubleshooting.

 

[agentperry]

its a great move. slowly and slowly India is beginning to show its enemy that what indigenous effort means and what it comes out with after decades of hard work.
this is a great leap forward and will help tremendously in changing the perception of people toward drdo for better.
RCI, commendable job, wonderful agency with consistent track record.

i hope tejas radar is not far away.... its rci ofcourse

 

[sesha_maruthi27]

Great news. So, INDIA is within the reach of a new ICBM in its arsenal and after ll these years the "SUYRA ICBM" will see the light of the WOLD and also give its LIGHT to the WORLD too.:thumb:

 

[SPIEZ]

Finally India is getting its processors, this was something long overdue !

 

[nitesh]

So one more successful step towards, navigation of Nirbhay?
I am more interested in IRNSS, which will give us true independence as per our hostile neighborhood is concerned.

The Hindu : Today's Paper News : India strikes deal with Russia on Glonass

A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here last weekend for his annual summit with the Russian leadership, an Indian defence team of scientists and defence brass returned to Delhi after inking an agreement for receiving precision signals from Glonass, Russian constellation of satellites.

These signals will allow missiles, including those fired from nuclear submarine Chakra, to strike within half a metre of distant targets.

 

[sayareakd]

So one more successful step towards, navigation of Nirbhay?
I am more interested in IRNSS, which will give us true independence as per our hostile neighborhood is concerned.

The Hindu : Today's Paper News : India strikes deal with Russia on Glonass

yeah read this news in morning newspaper, best thing about this is the fact that now we can have independence from Uncle's GPS. Which means that Uncle cannot dictate terms to us and we can use our weapon against it in worse case situation.

 

[nitesh]

^^
Suppose both GPS and GLONASS are not operating, due to any reason like sats being taken down. is their any way missiles can hit the target with accuracy?

 

[Payeng]

^^
Suppose both GPS and GLONASS are not operating, due to any reason like sats being taken down. is their any way missiles can hit the target with accuracy?

Inertial navigation system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Traditionally Surface to Surface missiles depends on Inertial guidance, geo- positioning satellites helps it further correcting the CEP accuracy but external interference might result in hacking and deviating the actual flight course as seen in the Irans case who captured a drone by the technique. So for a mission the missile might not depend on Satellite signals to verify its target depending on the type of mission.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_guidance

 

[sayareakd]

Three systems are put in place GPS, GLONASS and local system through land radio signals (in future our own system in space). My guess is that system will chose GLONASS and local land radio signals, or any one of the two available, then, it will check the info from GPS, if the GPS data is not same, as first two, then it will discard the GPS signal.

 

[Payeng]

Their are plans to integrate UAVs with Pinaka Batteries a kind of solution to improve accuracy, but still not a solution for long range and swift strike.