Indian Missile Development

SATISH

DFI Technocrat
Ambassador
Joined
Mar 7, 2009
Messages
2,038
Likes
303
Country flag

nitesh

Mob Control Manager
Senior Member
Joined
Feb 12, 2009
Messages
7,550
Likes
1,307
Nah niteshji......the thing is the launch computer that is designed for launching a wide array of weapons. and almost all the tactical missiles we have already developed or going to develop.
Well we hear about too many successful lakshy tests,something like too many prithvi tests :D
 

SATISH

DFI Technocrat
Ambassador
Joined
Mar 7, 2009
Messages
2,038
Likes
303
Country flag
Well we hear about too many successful lakshy tests,something like too many prithvi tests :D
Well perhaps the guidance systems being validated on lakshya and warheads being tested on Prithvi. You see prithvi can carry a huge array of warheadds and Lakshya having similar launching principles will be useful for guidance and flight data collection. So it might be test beds for the actual Nirbhay.
 

nitesh

Mob Control Manager
Senior Member
Joined
Feb 12, 2009
Messages
7,550
Likes
1,307
^^
Exactly, I think after a long time or perhaps the first time we are hearing about the subsystems of Nirbhay, too much to be a pure DDM
 

Galaxy

Senior Member
Joined
Aug 27, 2011
Messages
7,086
Likes
3,934
Country flag
Missile-maker BDLwill open 5 new missile manufacturing plant

Missile-maker Bharat Dynamics Ltd on expansion drive

07 November 2011


Nagpur: A swelling order book has put defence public sector undertaking, Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL), a company that makes a range of missiles for India's defence services, on an expansion drive.

India's missile maker, Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL), has booked 500 acres of land at the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation's (MIDC) estate at Amravati, with the intention of producing air defence missiles.

It has already bagged a Rs14,000 crore order to produce Akash surface-to-air missiles for the Indian Army, and this huge order, coupled with a smaller sized order for the same missile from the Indian Air Force is one of the main reasons for the company seeking to establish new manufacturing facilities.

The new units are expected to become operational from 2015-16 onwards with Amravati likely to be the first. The PSU will be opening five new units entailing a total investment of up to Rs4000 crore.

The expansion drive is expected to result in the creation of hundreds of new jobs.

Currently BDL has units in Hyderabad and Medak districts in Andhra Pradesh. The major part of work on Akash is expected to continue in Hyderabad itself. There are other orders that can include long range missiles and air-to-air missiles.

Work on Amravati site may start in April 2012 with production likely to start in three years.

BDL's other unit is coming up at Ibhrahimpattnam in the Ranga Reddy district close to Hyderabad. This unit is likely to become operational along with the new facility at Amravati, said BDL officials.

The company is also in the process of acquiring 500-600 acres of land in Anantpur and Chitoor districts of Andhra Pradesh.

Each of these new unit will entail an investment of up to Rs800 crore.

BDL has also acquired a 10-acre plot at Vishakhapatnam for the manufacture of torpedoes for the Indian Navy.

BDL, well known as a maker of surface-to-surface 'Prithvi' missiles, produces the entire range of India's tactical and strategic missiles, including the 'Agni' series.

It has produced an upgraded version of the Nag anti-tank missile, which has a fire-and-forget capability, said BDL officials.

This defence PSU commenced operations in 1970 by producing the first generation missiles in collaboration with France and the erstwhile USSR.

domain-b.com : Missile-maker Bharat Dynamics Ltd on expansion drive
 
Last edited:

Param

Senior Member
Joined
Jun 9, 2010
Messages
2,810
Likes
653
BDL's other unit is coming up at Ibhrahimpattnam in the Ranga Reddy district close to Hyderabad. This unit is likely to become operational along with the new facility at Amravati, said BDL officials.
Does that mean 2015-16?I thought the new missile complexes near Hyderabad would be ready much earlier.
 

Galaxy

Senior Member
Joined
Aug 27, 2011
Messages
7,086
Likes
3,934
Country flag
Does that mean 2015-16?I thought the new missile complexes near Hyderabad would be ready much earlier.
Currently BDL has units in Hyderabad and Medak districts in Andhra Pradesh. The major part of work on Akash is expected to continue in Hyderabad itself. There are other orders that can include long range missiles and air-to-air missiles.


So, Akash missiles order will be completed in Hyderabad only and will be operational by 2015 (around 3,000 Missiles)
:thumb:
 

Rahul92

Senior Member
Joined
Sep 4, 2010
Messages
1,622
Likes
752
Slowly and steadily Hyderabad is becoming a strategical location
 

sesha_maruthi27

Senior Member
Joined
Aug 15, 2010
Messages
3,963
Likes
1,803
Country flag
Yeah, at last a very good investment for a very good reason. So, from this it is clear that the INDIAN DEFENCE is making a drastic improvement and sooner or later we will have huge contingent of missiles in our Arsenal. By seeing this atleast the Chinese will not do any 1962 kind of attacks.
 

Falcon

Regular Member
Joined
Feb 5, 2011
Messages
121
Likes
57
The moment they start digging to build the monumental structure, spy satellites will take the picture and concerned organizations will come to know about it. What we need to do is to secure the facility and let the world keep guessing as what is happening inside it.
 

agentperry

Senior Member
Joined
Oct 24, 2010
Messages
3,022
Likes
690
its nice to see that missile production has been beefed up. in 2007 china announced that it will make 300 missiles per year and now with this new facilities coming up, i guess soon India will be producing many missiles may be in hundreds per year.( recently pakistan PM announced that pakistan military complex manufactured maximum no of missiles this year- 15)
 

nitesh

Mob Control Manager
Senior Member
Joined
Feb 12, 2009
Messages
7,550
Likes
1,307
cross post

The Hindu : News / National : Agni II Prime to be tested again

Missile technologists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are reaching Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa for the launch of India's Agni II Prime missile on November 15. The missile will take off from a specially designed truck and, if the flight is successful, it will target an area 3,000 km away in the Bay of Bengal.

The missile engineers are looking forward to the Agni II Prime launch after the successful flights of Shourya, Prithivi-II and Agni-II missiles in the last week of September this year.

However, they are keeping their fingers crossed because the maiden flight of Agni-II Prime in December 2010 had failed. The flight ended abruptly after a problem in the control system of the first stage of the missile, which occurred during the lift-off.

No change

There is no change in the configuration of the Agni II Prime to be launched on November 15 and the missile that failed last December.

The missile engineers said: "We had a problem last time. We have identified the problem and taken precautions to stabilise the whole system. We have introduced a lot of redundancies to take care of the anomalies that may occur during the flight," they added.

Agni-II Prime is a two-stage surface-to-surface missile that aims at filling the gap in the ranges between Agni-II and Agni-III. While Agni-II can take out targets 2,000 km away, Agni-III can travel a distance of 3,000 km to 3,500 km.

All the three are strategic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads. But test flights like these carry conventional explosives. Agni-II Prime is 20 metres long and weighs 17 tonnes. This time it will carry a warhead weighing 800 kg instead of the normal 1,000 kg. "We are aiming to go for range of 3,000 km this time," a DRDO official said. The Advanced Missile Laboratory, Hyderabad, has designed and developed the missile.

The DRDO has also developed the Agni-V, the most powerful missile in India's arsenal. Agni-V, which will carry a nuclear warhead, can aim at places 5,000 km away. The motors of its three stages have undergone successful tests at a facility at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh. Its maiden flight may take place in December 2011 or January/February 2012.
 

sayareakd

Mod
Joined
Feb 17, 2009
Messages
17,734
Likes
18,951
Country flag
A2P range is between A2 and A3 but this time they are testing it for 800 kg warhead to 3000 km range, wonder of 600kg warhead it can go for 4000 km and with 400kg it can go 5000KM.

one thing is for sure it is going to send loud and clear massage to China not to mess with us.
 

Pintu

New Member
Joined
Mar 22, 2009
Messages
12,082
Likes
348
Its maiden flight may take place in December 2011 or January/February 2012.
I think the Hindu Reporter played it safe regarding the time frame of Agni -V missile test, therefore joined the two different prediction one by Dr. V.K. Saraswat and Dr. Selevamuruthy, and hence this timings.

Regards
 

SATISH

DFI Technocrat
Ambassador
Joined
Mar 7, 2009
Messages
2,038
Likes
303
Country flag
cross post

The Hindu : News / National : Agni II Prime to be tested again

Missile technologists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are reaching Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa for the launch of India's Agni II Prime missile on November 15. The missile will take off from a specially designed truck and, if the flight is successful, it will target an area 3,000 km away in the Bay of Bengal.

The missile engineers are looking forward to the Agni II Prime launch after the successful flights of Shourya, Prithivi-II and Agni-II missiles in the last week of September this year.

However, they are keeping their fingers crossed because the maiden flight of Agni-II Prime in December 2010 had failed. The flight ended abruptly after a problem in the control system of the first stage of the missile, which occurred during the lift-off.

No change

There is no change in the configuration of the Agni II Prime to be launched on November 15 and the missile that failed last December.

The missile engineers said: "We had a problem last time. We have identified the problem and taken precautions to stabilise the whole system. We have introduced a lot of redundancies to take care of the anomalies that may occur during the flight," they added.

Agni-II Prime is a two-stage surface-to-surface missile that aims at filling the gap in the ranges between Agni-II and Agni-III. While Agni-II can take out targets 2,000 km away, Agni-III can travel a distance of 3,000 km to 3,500 km.

All the three are strategic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads. But test flights like these carry conventional explosives. Agni-II Prime is 20 metres long and weighs 17 tonnes. This time it will carry a warhead weighing 800 kg instead of the normal 1,000 kg. "We are aiming to go for range of 3,000 km this time," a DRDO official said. The Advanced Missile Laboratory, Hyderabad, has designed and developed the missile.

The DRDO has also developed the Agni-V, the most powerful missile in India's arsenal. Agni-V, which will carry a nuclear warhead, can aim at places 5,000 km away. The motors of its three stages have undergone successful tests at a facility at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh. Its maiden flight may take place in December 2011 or January/February 2012.
The S-200 solid rocket motor is one of the most powerful motors right now. But after delinking the space program with the missile program DRDO has hit a road block.
 

Global Defence

New threads

Articles

Top