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 .
