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[porky_kicker]

Ya me sure...but the name of missile is not known

That nose cone I posted is radar transparent and not made of copper .
May be different versions exists for different missile versions

 

[Karthi]

Tender for Landing Gear Sensors for SWIFT – 1 Ton Class UAV

 

[Karthi]

Tender for UAV Systems Type-I (350mm) and Type-II (800mm). DRDO and chess involved may be For testing counter Drone systems

 

[Adrian Corvus]

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Tender for Landing Gear Sensors for SWIFT – 1 Ton Class UAV

Ya .......1ton ucav .......

Few pages back @patriots was talking about a 1ton UAV by ADE not based on Rustom, was it SWIFT?

 

[Karthi]

Few pages back @patriots was talking about a 1ton UAV by ADE not based on Rustom, was it SWIFT?

I think so

 

[Karthi]

Varunastra Acoustic Homing System

Varunastra Propulsion Motor

Upgraded Schilka

 

[WolfPack86]

DRDO plans Star Wars-style weapons for battles of future
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is now planning a national programme on directed energy weapons (DEWs) like high-energy lasers and high-powered microwaves, which are increasingly being considered crucial around the world for the contactless conflicts of the future.

The national programme will have short, medium and long-term goals, with the eventual aim being to develop different DEW variants of up to 100 kilowatt power, in collaboration with the domestic industry, sources said.

The DRDO has been working on several DEW projects for long, ranging from ‘chemical oxygen iodine’ and ‘high-power fibre’ lasers to a secretive ‘Kali’ particle-beam weapon for ‘soft-kills’ against incoming missiles and aircraft.


But they are nowhere near becoming operational. The need for a focussed approach on DEWs has now gained urgency amid the ongoing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh.

DRDO has so far developed two anti-drone DEW systems, which will now be productionised in large numbers with the help of the industry. While one is a trailer-mounted DEW, with a 10 kilowatt laser to engage aerial targets at 2-km range, the other is a compact tripod-mounted one with a 2 kilowatt laser for a 1-km range.

Successfully demonstrated to the armed forces, intelligence agencies and police forces in field operations, the two systems can bring down micro drones by either jamming their command and control links or damaging their electronics through the laser-based DEW, officials said.

These indigenous systems, however, are extremely modest compared to the much more powerful DEWs developed by countries like the US, Russia, China, Germany and Israel to destroy multiple drones, vehicles and boats.

The US, for instance, tested a 33 kilowatt laser weapon from a warship to shoot down drones several years ago. More recently, in May, the US Navy tested a new ‘high-energy solid-state laser’ to disable a drone aircraft in mid-air. The US, in fact, may be just four to five years away from deploying 300 to 500 kilowatt DEWs capable of shooting down cruise missiles.

The Indian defence establishment’s technological roadmap for the next decade says the Army and IAF need at least 20 ‘tactical high-energy laser systems’ that can destroy ‘small aerial targets’, electronic warfare and radars systems at a range of 6-8 km in Phase-I.

In Phase-II, the laser systems should have a range of over 20 km to take on ‘soft-skinned’ vehicles and troops from ground and aerial platforms. Similarly, at least 20 high-power electromagnetic weapon systems are required for the forces, with 6-8 km range in Phase-I and over 15-km in Phase-II.

As reported by TOI last month, the ongoing Army study on ‘niche and disruptive warfare technologies’ has identified DEWs as one of the focus areas, with General M M Naravane stressing the need to invest heavily in such futuristic tools. But it will take a lot for such concentrated energy weapons to become an operational reality.

DRDO plans Star Wars-style weapons for battles of future

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is now planning a national programme on directed energy weapons (DEWs) like high-energy lasers and high-powered microwaves, which are increasingly being considered crucial around the world for the contactless conflicts of the future. The...

www.defencenews.in

 

[Chinmoy]

Interesting model of hypersonic nose cone

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Reminds of J58 inlet. And it is functions like that too.

 

[fire starter]

 

[Dessert Storm]

The current Brahmos can do that too. I think the reference is to Brahmos 2

 

[fire starter]

Hal's Annual Report 2019-2020.

Major Achievements of HAL during 2019-2020 * FOC for DARIN III - Jul 30,19 * NP1 undertaking Ski-Jump from R33 * IOC for LUH - Feb 7, 20 * First Flight of FOC LCA - Mar 17, 20 * Handed over 50th set of L40 stage of GSLV MK2 to ISRO * Successfull hot refueling of HTT40

Locally developed Test Rig for combustion chamber,Main manifold and GSE for IAF bases and GU3 tester for Su30 fleet * Prelim design for IAF/Army and Navy version of IMRH completed, and report forwarded to MoD * GTEG 60, locally D&D'ed APU for An 32, cleared for operational use.

MKI's got integrated with SDR, HDMS, Garuthama, local VOL/IRS and Radio Altimeter * Total Technical Life (TTL) of Aircraft Accessories Gear Box KSA-2 of RD-33 Aero Engine extended from 1100 hours to 1200 hours.

Harpoon modification on 4 Nos of an un specified type of fighter aircraft at IAF bases.

 

[Karthi]

Liquid Fuel Ramjet based Super Sonic Target. these pictures may be already posted but most of them have water marks , this pics may be useful for someone.

this liquid fuel ramjet may be limited to Target Missile, Weapons may use Solid fuel ramjet , which will have better speed , and maintenance friendly.


According to previous reports this one may be Boron based gel fuel, so this will help to reduce the size of the Missile and can be used in air to surface Missiles with a large payload and ranges can be upto 1000Km. LFRJ improves the maneuverability because of the control over Liquid Fuel

Purely my speculation.

 

[porky_kicker]

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Liquid Fuel Ramjet based Super Sonic Target. these pictures may be already posted but most of them have water marks , this pics may be useful for someone.

this liquid fuel ramjet may be limited to Target Missile, Weapons may use Solid fuel ramjet , which will have better speed , and maintenance friendly.


According to previous reports this one may be Boron based gel fuel, so this will help to reduce the size of the Missile and can be used in air to surface Missiles with a large payload and ranges can be upto 1000Km. LFRJ improves the maneuverability because of the control over Liquid Fuel

Purely my speculation.

Boron gel based fuel for which missile ?

 

[porky_kicker]

DRDO plans Star Wars-style weapons for battles of future
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is now planning a national programme on directed energy weapons (DEWs) like high-energy lasers and high-powered microwaves, which are increasingly being considered crucial around the world for the contactless conflicts of the future.

The national programme will have short, medium and long-term goals, with the eventual aim being to develop different DEW variants of up to 100 kilowatt power, in collaboration with the domestic industry, sources said.

The DRDO has been working on several DEW projects for long, ranging from ‘chemical oxygen iodine’ and ‘high-power fibre’ lasers to a secretive ‘Kali’ particle-beam weapon for ‘soft-kills’ against incoming missiles and aircraft.


But they are nowhere near becoming operational. The need for a focussed approach on DEWs has now gained urgency amid the ongoing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh.

DRDO has so far developed two anti-drone DEW systems, which will now be productionised in large numbers with the help of the industry. While one is a trailer-mounted DEW, with a 10 kilowatt laser to engage aerial targets at 2-km range, the other is a compact tripod-mounted one with a 2 kilowatt laser for a 1-km range.

Successfully demonstrated to the armed forces, intelligence agencies and police forces in field operations, the two systems can bring down micro drones by either jamming their command and control links or damaging their electronics through the laser-based DEW, officials said.

These indigenous systems, however, are extremely modest compared to the much more powerful DEWs developed by countries like the US, Russia, China, Germany and Israel to destroy multiple drones, vehicles and boats.

The US, for instance, tested a 33 kilowatt laser weapon from a warship to shoot down drones several years ago. More recently, in May, the US Navy tested a new ‘high-energy solid-state laser’ to disable a drone aircraft in mid-air. The US, in fact, may be just four to five years away from deploying 300 to 500 kilowatt DEWs capable of shooting down cruise missiles.

The Indian defence establishment’s technological roadmap for the next decade says the Army and IAF need at least 20 ‘tactical high-energy laser systems’ that can destroy ‘small aerial targets’, electronic warfare and radars systems at a range of 6-8 km in Phase-I.

In Phase-II, the laser systems should have a range of over 20 km to take on ‘soft-skinned’ vehicles and troops from ground and aerial platforms. Similarly, at least 20 high-power electromagnetic weapon systems are required for the forces, with 6-8 km range in Phase-I and over 15-km in Phase-II.

As reported by TOI last month, the ongoing Army study on ‘niche and disruptive warfare technologies’ has identified DEWs as one of the focus areas, with General M M Naravane stressing the need to invest heavily in such futuristic tools. But it will take a lot for such concentrated energy weapons to become an operational reality.

DRDO plans Star Wars-style weapons for battles of future

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is now planning a national programme on directed energy weapons (DEWs) like high-energy lasers and high-powered microwaves, which are increasingly being considered crucial around the world for the contactless conflicts of the future. The...

www.defencenews.in

This is a experimental lab model of S band magnetically insulated line oscillator (MILO) for testing HPM ( high power microwave ) technologies.

It will serve as a test platform to develop HPM directed energy weapon systems in the future.

The MILO is a cross field device that generates gigawatts level of HPM. The device is compact because it generates the magnetic field by itself.

In the experimental lab setup with the compact S band MILO with 2 choke, 3 SWS cavities and one coupling cavity , RF output power of 4 MW at a frequency of 3.26GHz for the beam voltage of 485 KV and the current of 48.4 KA was obtained.

The significance of MILO lies in its ability to deliver highest energy per mass per pulse compared to other HPM source devices/technologies.

And importantly MILO allows for smallest possible dimensions for a HPM weapon system along with the relevant support systems , light and compact enough to make it mobile ie truck / trailer / track mounted for battlefield operations.

According to unclassified reports the Americans tested mobile MILO devices with RF energy levels well over 1KJ per pulse ( 2-3 GW for .5-1us ).

 

[Chinmoy]

The current Brahmos can do that too. I think the reference is to Brahmos 2

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From when on BRAHMOS became an AAM?

 

[Dessert Storm]

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From when on BRAHMOS became an AAM?

That was Cringe Worthy on my part,

 

[Karthi]

Boron gel based fuel for which missile ?

Here I mentioned about LFRJ , with boron , can be used in solid fuel Ramjet as well , SFDR also used boron based sustainer , I think boron particles in gel form may give advantages of both Solid and liquid fuel Ramjet. Will be helpful to develop long range cruise Missiles

 

[Arihant Roy]

Bdw those nose cones are made of copper

Are you sure of this? Copper with a 1065 degree melting point isn't well suited for a missile cone that is going to spend all its time cruising at hypersonic speeds in the atmosphere . They will have to apply ablative coatings then over the copper base metal.

 

[Tuco]

What is VOL/IRS?

 

[fire starter]