Akash Surface-to-air Missile

[captscooby81]

Akash System at display in Aeroindia 2017

 

[Alok Arya]

DRDO working on Akash 1 s ( introduction of seeker in mark 1 replacing its radio frequency proximity fuse ) and a sleeker , quicker , longer , more leathal , 40 km range , Akash ng with change of almost all onboard system with a target of 18 to 24 month for first flight . Seeker will be ku band , indigenous seeker .
Source IDRW

 

[Scrutator]

DRDO working on Akash 1 s ( introduction of seeker in mark 1 replacing its radio frequency proximity fuse ) and a sleeker , quicker , longer , more leathal , 40 km range , Akash ng with change of almost all onboard system with a target of 18 to 24 month for first flight . Seeker will be ku band , indigenous seeker .
Source IDRW

Akash 1s is a very commensensical approach!! I am presuming that they would retrofit the missiles in the field with the seeker.

 

[tejas warrior]

EXCLUSIVE: BrahMos Corp To Be DRDO’s Export Arm, Begins With Akash SAM
Shiv AroorMar 07 2017 7 45 pm

In the works for months, a crucial recommendation made by a committee over a decade ago to boost the fortunes of India’s Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) is finally to be real. The DRDO, which has plodded clumsily through the difficult art of hawking its products to a global market beyond the enormous captive market it enjoys in country, will soon have a commercial arm to call its own. Livefist can confirm that BrahMos Corp. will for the interim take over commercial export processing duties for the DRDO, with the possibility of a separate entity being spun off down the line. A detailed paper on precisely how BrahMos Corp. will clear the decks for commerce is currently under preparation by BrahMos CEO Sudhir Mishra and is to be cleared up the chain of MoD command on a fast-track basis.

First recommended in early 2007 by the MoD-appointed Rama Rao Committee — a body set up following a series of investigative reports by your correspondent for The Indian Express — it remains perplexing why the DRDO has taken so long to incorporate a commercial arm. In recent interviews, DRDO chief S. Christopher puts the blame at the door of state-owned defence manufacturing companies. What he’s saying is serious and should possibly be the subject of some measure of MoD follow-up: that these Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) didn’t pursue exports of DRDO-developed equipment aggressively enough. It must be noted that the large captive market that both DRDO and defence PSUs enjoy (coupled with a distinct lack of competition from the private sector) has proved an effective disincentive to think big about exports and commerce. Things are different now, with the current government cracking the proverbial whip and expecting a much less lackadaisical attitude towards development for the military.

The urgency to incorporate a commercial arm, and the interim move to bestow those powers to BrahMos Corp. have been driven by a series of serious expressions of interest in Indian-made armament, including the Akash SAM system (by Vietnam), avionics, underwater sensors and weapons, unmanned combat robots, tactical drones, ammunition and special materials. The BrahMos itself, notably, hasn’t signed a single export order so far. Customers in South East Asia and South America could be the first, though declarations made by BrahMos in the past have always failed to meet timelines. Sources say that could change soon, though.

The centrepiece of the new push is India’s Akash SAM system. Livefist has learnt that BrahMos Corp. will shortly become the formal sales hub for the Akash SAM, which will be pitched to global customers as the Akash SAM + Rajendra radar system. The short-to-medium range missile system is currently being improved for an extended range Mk.2 version, which will also join the catalogue. In the coming months, expect to see the Akash SAM system on display at defence trade shows across the world, along with demonstrations by the Indian Army and Indian Air Force for interested global customers.

http://www.livefistdefence.com/2017/03/exclusive-brahmos-corp-to-be-drdos-commercial-export-arm.html

 

[tejas warrior]

#AR17: @DRDO_India is currently undertaking two Akash SAM follow-on projects viz. Akash NG and Akash 1S.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Looks real nice, Induction with a bang ..

 

[captscooby81]

Akash NG..Akash Mk1S and Akash MK1

 

[S.J]

https://www.google.co.in/amp/m.indi...india-arun-jaitley-army-missile/1/964717.html

 

[Kay]

Don't know if feasible...but by folding wings they can get an extra missile and can get the missiles cannisterized...also range can be increased by decreasing warhead weight..

 

[Armand2REP]

Don't know if feasible...but by folding wings they can get an extra missile and can get the missiles cannisterized...also range can be increased by decreasing warhead weight..

Cannisters would make it weigh more.

 

[Chinmoy]

Promoting PM Modi's Make in India, Jaitley chooses Indian vendor for Rs 18000 crore army missile contract

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/make-in-india-arun-jaitley-army-missile/1/964717.html

 

[Kay]

Jaitley is following Parrikar's footsteps... Sams mean more area under air defense

 

[sbm]

Would this be a second 2 regiment order?

 

[Raj Malhotra]

Is it Akash being chosen or media is confusing it with QRSAM

 

[sayareakd]

Is it Akash being chosen or media is confusing it with QRSAM

Both looks different. QR SAM TEL and canister shows smaller missile. It use TEL of Akash, while adopting small size prahar canister.

 

[Prashant12]

More Akash systems for Army

Defence Acquisition Council bats for indigenously developed missiles
The Defence Ministry has decided to cancel the Army’s global contest for Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SR-SAM) systems and instead procure two additional regiments of the indigenously developed Akash missile systems.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley two weeks ago. The Army is expected to begin inducting the systems by December 2018.

“The DAC has cancelled the global buy of two regiments of SR-SAM. The case continued for 5-6 years and trials of certain equipment were conducted. The DAC has now decided to go in with additional Akash systems,” a defence source said on Monday.

The Army has a requirement for four regiments of SR-SAMs. It had earlier ordered two Akash regiments and formally began inducting them in May 2015. Two more regiments were meant to be procured by a global tender for which competition was under way between 3-4 global firms.

Of the Akash systems, the first regiment has been inducted and operational and induction of the second regiment will be completed in the next 2-3 months.

On the new regiments, the source added, “Lot of improvements have taken place in the vehicles and systems since the initial development. The new system will be operationally more compact and mobile.”

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/more-akash-systems-for-army/article18620841.ece

 

[indiatester]

Is Akash being exported to other countries?
I spotted a bunch of Troop Level Radar's with left hand drive.

 

[indiatester]

Is Akash being exported to other countries?
I spotted a bunch of Troop Level Radar's with left hand drive.

Troop level radar spotting during my long drive yesterday. Someone do explain why it is left hand drive though.

 

[porky_kicker]

@indiatester

tatra vehicles have left hand drives

stupid mod still using tarta for new orders/equipment's

 

[Khagesh]

If you look at the Sypder and/or the QRSAM, both are stabilized platforms with struts being used to relive the truck chassis from having to support the firing. Same as Akash or Pantsir.

How much of a time would this stablization and decampment take?