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[ezsasa]

any body knows of PRALAY SAM being developed by ARDE? not able to find any info on this....

 

[Indx TechStyle]

any body knows of PRALAY SAM being developed by ARDE? not able to find any info on this....

For the sake of name:
A 16-18000km range ICBM with 200MT yield Nuclear Warheads.:biggrin2:
As per the collected info:
Seems to be a QBM or something like Shaurya.
As per the DRDO:

"The project has been sanctioned in March 2015 towards design and development of "Pralay" Surface to Surface Missile (SSM) with reliable performance. Aerodynamic configuration has been finished and all system has been completed. Configuration has been approved by the configuration review commitee. Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of Electro Mechanical Actuation (EMA) system, canister, jet vane system for the thrust vector control, Integrated Avionics Module (IAM) and Telemetry, Telecommand and Transporter (T3) have been completed. Development Flight trial approach has been finalized."

https://blog.mygov.in/ebooks/drdo/DRDO_Annual_Report.html#page/78

 

[Indx TechStyle]

DRDO goes young with Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi​

NEW DELHI: In order to weed out the dead woods, country’s premier defence research agency Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which is often faced criticism for its tardy performance, is looking for young scientist to head one of its laboratory. It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s advise to DRDO to hire young scientists, not over the age of 35 years to head at least five laboratories of defence research agency.

Following PM’s advise, Uttarakhand based Defence Institute of Bio-energy Research (DIBER), which is engaged in research in the first of bio energy and non conventional energy for defence use, has invited applications from candidates before the age of 35 years to head the lab. Officials claim this is the first step in the chain of events to give important role to young scientists, as Modi government has already banned giving extensions to scientists who have completed their tenure. It is notable that till two years back, DRDO’s top 15 scientists were on extension of service.

PM Modi in his first interaction with DRDO scientists had sent a stern message to defence research agency for their ‘chalta hai’ attitude, as most of DRDO projects, ranging from Tejas light combat aircraft to long-range surface-to-air missile systems have been missing repeated deadlines with huge cost overruns.

But sources in the agency said, appointing youch scientists to head laboratories may not go down well with senior scientists working with defence research.

But, officials said that hiring of Director of lab below the age of 35 years will send message to everyone working in DRDO to deliver. Modi has last year short listed Satish Reddy, the youngest ever scientific advisor to the defence minsitry.

“Certainly it’s an effort to get rid of non-performing scientists. Merely age seniority will not matter. If India wants to be a superpower, our defence research has to be cutting edge. India remains to be top buyer of military hardware globally with nearly 70 per cent defence requirements meet by imports,” said an officer. It is the successful government’s failure to build a strong domestic defence industrial base due to sluggish performance of 52 DRDO laboratories, five defence PSUs , four shipyards and 39 Ordnance factories.

 

[Chinmoy]

For the sake of name:
A 16-18000km range ICBM with 200MT yield Nuclear Warheads.:biggrin2:
As per the collected info:
Seems to be a QBM or something like Shaurya.
As per the DRDO:

"The project has been sanctioned in March 2015 towards design and development of "Pralay" Surface to Surface Missile (SSM) with reliable performance. Aerodynamic configuration has been finished and all system has been completed. Configuration has been approved by the configuration review commitee. Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of Electro Mechanical Actuation (EMA) system, canister, jet vane system for the thrust vector control, Integrated Avionics Module (IAM) and Telemetry, Telecommand and Transporter (T3) have been completed. Development Flight trial approach has been finalized."

https://blog.mygov.in/ebooks/drdo/DRDO_Annual_Report.html#page/78

Look at the specs. It would not be anywhere at 16 or 18k range. !6/18K missiles are ICBMs and no ICBM does make use of JVS. Along with EMA and JVS it looks more to be a tube launched QBM or a CM. I would not be surprised if it comes out to be an advanced version of Shaurya or Nirbhay.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Look at the specs. It would not be anywhere at 16 or 18k range. !6/18K missiles are ICBMs and no ICBM does make use of JVS. Along with EMA and JVS it looks more to be a tube launched QBM or a CM. I would not be surprised if it comes out to be an advanced version of Shaurya or Nirbhay.

I already know that.
But still, 16-18k kilometers range with 500MT Thermonuclear bomb is least requirement for name "Pralay", which actually what I indicated in sarcastic style.

 

[Chinmoy]

I already know that.
But still, 16-18k kilometers range with 500MT Thermonuclear bomb is least requirement for name "Pralay", which actually what I indicated in sarcastic style.

 

[porky_kicker]

For the sake of name:
A 16-18000km range ICBM with 200MT yield Nuclear Warheads.:biggrin2:
As per the collected info:
Seems to be a QBM or something like Shaurya.
As per the DRDO:

"The project has been sanctioned in March 2015 towards design and development of "Pralay" Surface to Surface Missile (SSM) with reliable performance. Aerodynamic configuration has been finished and all system has been completed. Configuration has been approved by the configuration review commitee. Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of Electro Mechanical Actuation (EMA) system, canister, jet vane system for the thrust vector control, Integrated Avionics Module (IAM) and Telemetry, Telecommand and Transporter (T3) have been completed. Development Flight trial approach has been finalized."

https://blog.mygov.in/ebooks/drdo/DRDO_Annual_Report.html#page/78

ASBM maybe :biggrin2:

since it seems to be evolution of shaurya tech , which is a ballistic cum cruise missile therefor less complicated to develop as opposed to somthing the chinese r doing with their pure ballistic missile DF21.

ASBM maybe one of the spin off of this project.

it is pure speculation on my part so dont take it seriously.

just imagine 1500-2000 km range ASBM being launched from future destroyers/cruisers of Indian navy
it will be a natural progression in existing capabilities and will complement the brahmos-2 hypersonic missile whose range is stated to be 300km but which i believe would end up between 500-1000 km.

again speculation on my part :biggrin2:

 

[Chinmoy]

Largest ever contract: Reliance, Dassault form JV to execute Rafale offsets

http://indianexpress.com/article/bu...lt-form-jv-to-execute-rafale-offsets-3064028/

 

[Indx TechStyle]

'For futuristic technology DRDO needs to partner with industry'

 

[sayareakd]

DRDO should develop something like this >>

We can make simple thing to work with INSAS UBGL. It will work in same line and it will be equally effective.

Hint : laser range finder, programmable electronic fuse and ballistic table.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

HAL-Safran JV looks beyond helicopter engine MRO

PANAJI: While Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) maintenance, repair and overall facility in Honda is primarily for helicopter engines, its partnership with French aerospace giant Safran, makes it a likely candidate to repair Dassault Aviation's Rafale multi-role fighter aircraft engines. Speaking to TOI, HAL's chairman Suvarna Raju said that setting up a facility in Goa was a natural choice given that several aircraft were already operating at the state's defence airbases.

Defence public sector unit HAL and Safran have formed a dedicated joint venture to setup a dedicated helicopter engine support center.

HAL will formally take over the assets of Goa Auto Accessories Limited (GAAL) on October 23 and lay the foundation stone for the Rs 170 crore helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Honda. This facility will provide maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) services for Safran TM 333 and HAL Shakti engines that power HAL-built helicopters.

The Shakti engines currently power HAL's advanced light helicopter (ALH), the Dhruv, and will also power the indigenous light combat helicopter (LCH).

"It's not only the helicopter engines which we are trying to do on MRO but we want to bring in other engines as well. We have teams working at the naval base in Goa. They take care of the Dorniers, they take care of the Cheetah, Chetak helicopters. We have the Mig-29K aircraft that is flying here. There are certain requirements which the Navy wants us to handle and we can use this place more effectively," Raju said.

Given that HAL has been in operation in Goa for the last 20 years and already services Indian Navy and Coast Guard helicopters in Goa, setting-up a base here was a "natural choice." Initially, HAL expects to train technicians in Goa and then move them out to forward operating military bases where the helicopters are in service. The overhauling of helicopter engines is expected four-five years later.

Besides the Cheetah and Chetak helicopters, HAL says the Kamov 226T light utility helicopter engines could also find their way to Goa for repairs, though it is still early to draw such conclusions. After the Indo-Russia bilateral meet ahead of the BRICS 2016 summit, HAL and Rostec inked an agreement to jointly produce 200 Ka-226T helicopters in India. The Ka-226T helicopters are powered by Turbomeca Arrius 2G engines, which is again manufactured by Safran.

"Fundamentally, the core business in India for this engine MRO is with HAL. Possibly we wouldn't have required any partner but then we are bringing in the original equipment manufacturer to India. The best way to do it, is through a joint venture so the man who made it (the engine) in France is here in India," Raju said to sum up the prospects of the joint venture.

"Even if you are looking at the joint venture itself, these are the possibilities. We know that the Rafale deal has been inked. Now the Rafale engine is the Safran aircraft engine (Snecma M88). You never know what bit of it we could get. HAL being the expert in the aerospace industry and with the Snecma or Safran aircraft engines together we already have a lead," Raju told TOI.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

HAL को एशिया प्रशांत एयरोस्पेस क्वालिटी समूह की सदस्यता मिली

 

[Manishhot2]

http://ddpmod.gov.in/e-book sorry, if already posted

 

[cobra commando]

DRDO starts work on Centre of Propulsion Technology at IIT-Bombay

 

[Superdefender]

Sorry if posted earlier.

'India developing E-bomb to paralyze networks'
Jatinder Kaur Tur | TNN | Aug 29, 2013, 03.32 AM IST

Next time there is a Kargil or a LoC violation, you may not hear gunshots or mortar shells, because the electr... Read More
HYDERABAD: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing an E-bomb which will emit electromagnetic shock waves that destroy electronic circuits and communication networks of enemy forces, its chief and scientific advisor to the defence minister Avinash Chander said.

So next time there is a Kargil or a LoC violation, you may not hear gunshots or mortar shells, because the electromagnetic bomb will throw life out of gear.

"It will be a weapon that would explore the strong electromagnetic field generating a brief but intense or high power pulse of electromagnetic energy," Chander told TOI at the Missile Complex in Hyderabad. He said the spectrum of targets will be broad and in times to come, E-bombs would form the core of tactical warfare and electronic combat operations to damage the command, control and communications of enemy forces.

The director general of DRDO said that the electromagnetic shock wave from the bomb will destroy electronic circuits and communication network "while paralyzing them in terms of radars, communication networking, information gathering sensors, controls and other electronic equipment." Work is in full swing at the Research Centre Imarat, the Hyderabad-based laboratory of DRDO, to build the new bomb which will be ready for operational deployment within a few years.

Chander said the E-bomb would give an option to the military as the bomb can target the enemy's mobile targets, air defence systems, mobile or static radars, naval vessels with communication systems and even ill-shielded communication or electronic systems at a military base. The GPS-guided E-bombs would precede the conventional munitions for strategic air attacks and can cripple military units as weapons of electric destruction

by releasing high voltage pulses. Other DRDO officials said the E-bomb warheads can be delivered by combat aircraft equipped to deliver guided munitions and cruise missiles.

Chander also said DRDO was developing the next generation of smart bombs or guided bombs, which would have a longer range of upto 100 km (starting from 10s of kms)

Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...to-paralyze-networks/articleshow/22127411.cms

 

[republic_roi97]

What is the progress on DRDO Anti Radiation missile, it was to be tested by Mid-2016 and then by year end ?? What is the progress anyone ?

 

[Adioz]

Sorry if posted earlier.

'India developing E-bomb to paralyze networks'
Jatinder Kaur Tur | TNN | Aug 29, 2013, 03.32 AM IST

Next time there is a Kargil or a LoC violation, you may not hear gunshots or mortar shells, because the electr... Read More
HYDERABAD: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing an E-bomb which will emit electromagnetic shock waves that destroy electronic circuits and communication networks of enemy forces, its chief and scientific advisor to the defence minister Avinash Chander said.

So next time there is a Kargil or a LoC violation, you may not hear gunshots or mortar shells, because the electromagnetic bomb will throw life out of gear.

"It will be a weapon that would explore the strong electromagnetic field generating a brief but intense or high power pulse of electromagnetic energy," Chander told TOI at the Missile Complex in Hyderabad. He said the spectrum of targets will be broad and in times to come, E-bombs would form the core of tactical warfare and electronic combat operations to damage the command, control and communications of enemy forces.

The director general of DRDO said that the electromagnetic shock wave from the bomb will destroy electronic circuits and communication network "while paralyzing them in terms of radars, communication networking, information gathering sensors, controls and other electronic equipment." Work is in full swing at the Research Centre Imarat, the Hyderabad-based laboratory of DRDO, to build the new bomb which will be ready for operational deployment within a few years.

Chander said the E-bomb would give an option to the military as the bomb can target the enemy's mobile targets, air defence systems, mobile or static radars, naval vessels with communication systems and even ill-shielded communication or electronic systems at a military base. The GPS-guided E-bombs would precede the conventional munitions for strategic air attacks and can cripple military units as weapons of electric destruction

by releasing high voltage pulses. Other DRDO officials said the E-bomb warheads can be delivered by combat aircraft equipped to deliver guided munitions and cruise missiles.

Chander also said DRDO was developing the next generation of smart bombs or guided bombs, which would have a longer range of upto 100 km (starting from 10s of kms)

Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...to-paralyze-networks/articleshow/22127411.cms

Holy wow. I did not know such compact non-NEMP devices were possible with current technology.

I really like this. Once we get something like this on the LoC, we can punish any ceasefire violation or cross-border terrorist movement by frying Porki electronics with impunity.

The porkis will surely go bankrupt trying to replace their electronics that we will fry every week.
Either this will bring ceasefire violations down or it will bring Pakistan economy down.

Pic: Pak PM after the first such attack
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Lets just hope that it is powerful enough to go through some shielded electronics and is mobile enough to be able to shoot and scoot.

BTW, wonder if China has one of these

 

[Indx TechStyle]

What is the progress on DRDO Anti Radiation missile, it was to be tested by Mid-2016 and then by year end ?? What is the progress anyone ?

Was to be in December, but now Nirbhay.
But if a NOTAM is issued, I can tell you date and location one week before.
Indigenous Next Generation Anti Radiation Missile Thread

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Current Status of Delayed DRDO Projects

There are 13 major Mission Mode projects of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) lagging behind schedule.

Details are given as under:

Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Phase-II

The LCA Phase-II was originally slated for completion in December 2008.

The reasons for delay include:

Technological challenges/ Embargoes
Flight test program restrictions
Naval Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Navy Phase-I)

The LCA Navy Phase-I was originally slated for completion in March 2010.

The reasons for delay include:

Due to co-dependence of basic infrastructure in Air Force and Naval versions
Un-anticipated complexities faced in structural design

Rustom-II UAV and Development of Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) at Chitradurga

Rustom-II or TAPAS 201 recently made its first successful flight. This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a medium altitude long endurance (MALE) that is needed for reconnaissance and surveillance missions.

Rustom-II was originally slated to be completed in August 2016, but has been delayed to February 2017.

The reasons for delay include:

Design modifications/iterations in sub-systems which led to development delays
Delay in availability of certified LRUs and associated software
Export denial of critical items and delay in procurement of imported payloads
Delay in completion of ATR facility at Chitradurga
155 mm/52 Caliber Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)

The ATAGS was originally slated to be completed in September 2015, but has been delayed to March 2017

The reasons for delay include:

Delay in realisation of ordnance and recoil system
Delays in placing supply orders due to procedural issues for manufacturing of sub-systems.
Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C)

The ATAGS was originally slated to be completed in April 2011, but has been delayed to June 2017.

The reasons for delay include:

Delay in finalizing operational requirements and platforms including additional requirements by IAF
D-Jag System (Internal RWJ System for Jaguar DARIN III upgrade aircraft)

D-Jag System was originally slated to be completed in June 2015, but has been delayed to December 2016.

The reasons for delay include:

Critical changes in main systems

D-29 System (Internal EW system for MiG-29 upgrade aircraft)

D-29 System was originally slated to be completed in December 2012, but has been delayed to December 2016.

The reasons for delay include:

Delay in structural modifications tasks for MiG-29 aircraft being done at RAC MiG, Moscow.
EW Systems for capital ships, aircraft and helicopter of Indian Navy titled ‘Samudrika‘

Samudrika was originally slated to be completed in January 2016, but has been delayed to July 2017.

The reasons for delay include:

Change in scope of ship-borne segment of the programme to include UETs and EA coverage from 180o to 360o for Project ‘Shakti’.

Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM)

LR-SAM was originally slated to be completed in May 2011, but has been delayed to December 2017.

The reasons for delay include:

Mid-way major upward revision of performance requirements by IAI (Design Authority)
Number of new technologies developed first time
Number of technical iterations required to establish Transmit-Receive Module technologies for Radar.
Design challenges in development of sub-systems by DRDO and foreign partner.

Air to Air Missile System: Astra

Astra was originally slated to be completed in September 2012, but has been delayed to December 2016.

The reasons for delay include:

Technology/ design challenges
Delay in availability of critical components

Kaveri Engine for LCA

Kaveri Engine for LCA was originally slated to be completed in December 1996.

The reasons for delay include:

Development effort was underestimated, due to lack of experience
Kaveri Core (Kabini) Engine development was initially not envisaged but added later based on experience of other engine houses
Flying test bed trials was added as an additional project milestone as recommended by IAF and CEMILAC
Lack of infrastructure for engine and component/ system level testing in India
1998 US Sanctions: Delay in delivery of critical components and systems

Advanced Light Weight Torpedo

Advanced Light Weight Torpedo was originally slated to be completed in August 2013, but has been delayed to December 2017.

The reasons for delay include:

Indigenisation development of 120 kW warshot battery has taken time by the development agency HBL, Hyderabad.
Non-availability of testing platform.
Restriction in time slots for sea trials.

Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MR-SAM)

MR-SAM was originally slated to be completed in September 2016, but has been delayed to March 2017.

The reasons for delay include:

During the development stage, systems/sub-systems has undergone multiple iterations during design, development and hardware realisation.
Changes in system configuration.
Three verification flight trials included (not originally in the scope).

Measures taken to speed up projects:

The government noted that DRDO has taken steps to complete the projects on time and the government has not constituted any Commission.

Below are some of the steps taken to complete the ongoing projects:

• Consortium approach is being used for design, development, and fabrication of critical components.

• Three-tier project monitoring approach has been instituted.

• Project Monitoring Review Committee (PMRC) and Project Appraisal and Review Committee (PARC) meetings are held regularly to monitor the progress of ongoing projects.

• Concurrent engineering approach has been adopted in technology intensive projects to minimize time-lag between development and productisation of the systems.

• Information Technology and modern management techniques are being applied.

• Encouraging joint funding by users to ensure their commitment towards earliest completion.

Organizational restructuring:

• Decentralization of authority and responsibility with Director Generals (DGs) of Technology Clusters and Directors of laboratories/ establishments

• High empowerment and accountability

• Involvement of Services & Production Partners during development, process, and reviews – to know their views in advance including finalization of GSQRs.

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[airtel]

DRDO is developing IRST ?? .