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[FalconSlayers]

Guys, this was my point.

We may not need to use massive resources like AAA & supercostly super-gun, for some bombs with plastic wings or rotors.
Not when we can easily use much cheaper buckshots. Or even something like a 12gauge frag-slug that airbursts at a particular range.
That is possible too. Loitering drone swarms may not be the same thing as shooting down spy drones at LOC... Troops can get a lot of practice though, with plastic skeets/gliders. Only then we'll know how effective a group of 100 shooters spraying buckshots can be against a drone swarm.

Small scale area (or atleast directional) jamming equipment ofcourse is the best choice.

Or Directed Energy weapons, or how does DRDO’s anti drone weapon works which is now an essential part of PM’s protocol?

 

[Bleh]

Cant imagine how you will take about 100+ drones spread out at night using AAA,shotguns or with a fancy rifle.

Ideally case ofcourse is powerful area-jamming... then installed directional janmming turret... individual jammers mounted on hundreds of guns like UBGLs.

But this sight flying 200m over you to its target, can be significantly whittled down by 20 of you with shotguns & a few flares.

Anybody knows any skeet-shooter who can give an opinion?

 

[Trololo]

Pay the required $$$ to IAS and you can sell 100 paper planes to IAF as swarm drones.

 

[ARVION MK 1A]

DRDO has developed a new 81mm smoke grenade shell to be used from tanks, IFVs & other armoured vehicles. This grenade will replace the current Russian origin smoke grenades in use today. Smoke shells are the primary passive defence system that tanks & armoured vehicles employ.

 

[ARVION MK 1A]

RCI, DRDO has successfully developed micro-bolometers & Focal Plane Arrays(FPAs) for IIR seekers to be used on various Indian missiles. Previously DRDO used to source FPAs & micro-bolometers from the French company Sofradir. Work is ongoing to further improve on the resolution.

 

[Suryavanshi]

A senior of my mine used to work on drones that could navigate through a maze and could interact with each other real time.

For example if path 1 has a dead end than the other drone won't pass through the same area.
The aim was to leave a bunch of drones in a maze and let them find out the shortest route out.

Actual drones communicating with each other to plot a strategy.

Drones have a bright future in warfare.

 

[SavageKing456]

A senior of my mine used to work on drones that could navigate through a maze and could interact with each other real time.

For example if path 1 has a dead end than the other drone won't pass through the same area.
The aim was to leave a bunch of drones in a maze and let them find out the shortest route out.

Actual drones communicating with each other to plot a strategy.

Drones have a bright future in warfare.

Imagine swarm Drones flying at hypersonic speed carrying directed energy weapons.

 

[ARVION MK 1A]

 

[Cheran]

 

[ArgonPrime]

RCI, DRDO has successfully developed micro-bolometers & Focal Plane Arrays(FPAs) for IIR seekers to be used on various Indian missiles. Previously DRDO used to source FPAs & micro-bolometers from the French company Sofradir. Work is ongoing to further improve on the resolution.
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I had said this exact same thing that FPAs for our IIR seekers/sights were being imported earlier this year and I got called a paki ******. I wonder what those people have got to say now.

 

[Tuco]

 

[NAMICA]

Seems like RCI is developing a drone.
Tender issued for 8 nose wheel steering actuators and 58 control surface actuators.

 

[Akula]

I had said this exact same thing that FPAs for our IIR seekers/sights were being imported earlier this year and I got called a paki ******. I wonder what those people have got to say now.

One of our French member had already disclosed this fact earlier.

 

[SanjeevM]

Indian Government Must Fund Indigenous Development Of UAVs By IITs #DroneTechnology #AtmaNirbharBharat #IITMadras #MadeInIndia

 

[FalconZero]

ATAG is ready once again, also, isn't its range supposed to be around 40km though max was around 48km something? ANI made a mistake.
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Made in India Howitzer Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System undergoing trials in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Developed by the DRDO, the gun is being readied for the Indian Army requirements and has a striking range of around 50 kms.

 

[N4tsula67]

ATAG is ready once again, also, isn't its range supposed to be around 40km though max was around 48km something? ANI made a mistake.
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Made in India Howitzer Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System undergoing trials in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Developed by the DRDO, the gun is being readied for the Indian Army requirements and has a striking range of around 50 kms.

Honestly who do this 1960s type kiddish editing lmao

 

[Arihant Roy]

Atags undergoing trials in Ahmednagar Maharashtra .

 

[Karthi]

Indigenous quick reaction air defence system to be ready for production next year.

The indigenous Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is expected to complete user trials in the next six months and be ready for production next year, according to a defence official.

The QRSAM has a range of 30 km and can target an altitude of up to 10 km. The system is currently 90% indigenous and will reach 99% incrementally. The whole software is indigenous and the code and logic everything built here, the official said.

The DRDO carried out two successful test firings in November after which it said the missile precisely hit a Banshee target and destroyed it completely. “This was achieved with a new indigenously developed technology of Laser Proximity Fuse (LPF) for pin-pointed accuracy of hit. Till date, all missiles used Radio Proximity Fuzes,” said another official. “The LPF was developed by Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE) in the last two years with a specific push by [DRDO] Chairman Satheesh Reddy,” he added.

The first official explained that the laser beam ensures the missile cannot be jammed. Akash was the country’s first automated air defence system and QRSAM is the first indigenous on-the-move air defence system, he observed.

The system gives 360 degree coverage and has been customised on domestic Ashok Leyland 8x8 vehicles. The launcher has six missiles and can target six different targets in 360 degrees, the official said, adding that all components, the radar, launcher and support vehicles are mobile.

India considers French offer of six Airbus multi-role mid-air refuellers

India is considering a French proposal to acquire six Airbus 330 multi-role transport tanker aircraft on a government-to-government basis for expanding the Indian Air Force (IAF) strike capability through latest mid-air refuelers. IAF as of now operate seven Russian IL-76 M refuellers with Pakistan acquiring same four refuellers from Ukraine and China operating three same Russian refuellers along with vintage 10 others modified versions of Russian bombers.

According to South Block sources, while IAF wanted to get an Airbus 330 MRTT on wet lease from a British company, the French proposal involves selling 5–7-year-old six aircraft for the air force with a certification of another 30 years of platform life at a much-reduced rate. IAF has been eager to acquire MRTT since the past decade with the previous RFP expiring without any results.

According to a former Indian Air Force chief, the Airbus 330 MRTT platform has much larger wings of Airbus 340 as a result of which the aircraft can refuel two fighters mid-air at the same time through drogues (attached to wing pods) or a central refuelling boom system. The best part about the Airbus aircraft is that it can transport 260 personnel in cabin and fuel in the cargo hold due to highly efficient and high-powered engines. The MRTT can be turned into purely a tanker or transport or air ambulance or all three at the same time with a total crew of three.

Mid-air refuellers are a key to expanding the operational envelope of the IAF and Indian Navy carrier-based fighters by extending their range. According to the former IAF chief, a mid-air refueller can be used to extend the flight of a Su-30 MKI or Rafale flying from Port Blair all the way up to Sunda, Lombard and Malacca Straits for freedom of navigation missions.

“The French proposal is a win-win for IAF as the international market for aerial platforms is down due to Covid-19 pandemic. The aircraft does not guzzle fuel and has high power engines to operate from high altitude air bases in Ladakh like Leh, Thoise and Nyoma at the same time transport troops or conduct medical evacuation if required,” sa

Indian Air Force Enhances Combat Potential With AI-based ‘Swarm Drone Technology’.

The Indian Air Force has taken a big step towards developing indigenous 'Swarm Drone' technology which uses artificial intelligence to enhance its combat capability. On Saturday, the IAF shared pictures of swarm drone tests on its official Twitter handle, with the caption: "IAF is leading the way in using Artificial Intelligence to add to its combat potential. Swarm drones is a prime example."

Testing of Swarm Drone technology is a major achievement for India. UVA and small drones are flown together in a large swarm through AI technology. It is used for simultaneous large attacks on enemy tanks, ICVs, infantry combat vehicles and trucks loaded with soldiers and ammunition, which are equipped with such drones, missiles or bombs. Swarm-drones are also used to jam the enemy's communication-systems and radars on the battlefield.

Three images of the tests were posted by the IAF, showing at least 15 hexacopter UAVs flying in a coordinated manner from an airbase. The images were, however, blurred. Whether the blurring was done intentionally to hide the characteristics of the drones, is not known.

 

[porky_kicker]

Multistage warhead with a large precursor shape charge to defeat heavily hardened targets with multilayered protection.

 

[Arihant Roy]

According to Mr Peri of Hindu, Qrsam is ready for user trials and will be in series production by next year.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...production-next-year/article33260806.ece/amp/

Some important points.

1. Developmental trials are complete. The missile will now undergo user trials and they plan to complete user trials within six months and start production by the second half of next year.

2. DAC has already accorded conditional approval . Meaning IA will soon place firm orders or rather place an indent with BEL .Talk about speed with which things are now moving . No more endless series of trials and then more trials.

3. Chapter4 of new DAPP mandates that user trials of systems developed by the production agency must be completed within six months. Wow. Just awesome .

4. This Qrsam missile is the very first Indian missile to feature a laser proximity fuse. IRDE developed the fuse within two years. DRDO boss personally oversaw the program.

5. The Qrsam program has attained 90 p indigenous level. IC boards, photo detectors and electro optics of the ELOP assembly LRU are still being imported . We plan to increase the indigenous level to 99 percent soon.

What D Peri has said incorrectly is that it's a beam riding missile . It's unjammable .He has confused it with the laser proximity fuse . The Qrsam is an active RF seeker guided missile. Backed up by electro optics but then the missile is guided from the BMFR vehicle using a two way datalink for some distance before the round goes pitbull.

Qrsam isn't a beam rider like the Ataka Atgm .