BrahMos Missile Achieves High Accuracy Against Hidden Land Targets

[StormShadow]

BALASORE: In a historical first, supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, with advanced guidance system and indigenously built software algorithm, was successfully test fired in steep dive mode from a defence base off the Odisha coast on Tuesday. This nuclear capable missile is a joint venture of India and Russia.

Defence sources said the missile was blasted off at around 10.38 am from a mobile autonomous launcher (MAL) located in the launching complex - III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from Balasore. The launcher has been prepared by the BrahMos third regiment of Indian Army team.

The mission control room went into ruptures as the missile pierced into the sky spewing thick smoke and fire. The missile flew in the designated complex trajectory demonstrating high manoeuvres and steep dive. The mission using most of the new desi software was executed with high precision.

Managing Director and CEO of BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) A Sivathanu Pillai confirmed that it was a text book launch achieving 100 percent results. This development flight trial, making world record, has proved three key aspects for the success of the mission.

"The missile system integrated with multiple navigation satellites powered by new software algorithm, without homing device, achieved high level of accuracy and further enhancing the precision capability against hidden land targets including mountainous regions," he said.

This weapon during the flight test also accomplished the supersonic steep dive capability against difficult land targets besides realising airframe, both composite and metallic, built by the Indian industries which were tested and evaluated and altogether provided substantial increase of indigenously produced content in the missile.

All telemetry and tracking stations including naval ships near terminal point have tracked the missile all along its pre-designated path. "With this success, BrahMos has become the only supersonic cruise missile possessing this advanced capability in the world providing an edge to the user with precise hit," Pillai stated.

This was the 44th launch of BrahMos which was carried out with high level of reliability. About 205 Indian industries have come in a big way by significantly contributing their knowhow and expertise in realising this weapon system.

Indigenous airframe produced by L&T and Godrej, guidance system by HAL, OBC, MIU by Ananth Technologies Ltd, Electronics industries, software development and guidance scheme by DRDO/RCI have been proved in the flight increasing the content from Indian industries.

The missile's successful launch is expected to give a boost to the ongoing programme of future installations of the weapon system in the Indian Army against hidden land targets for mountain warfare operations.

The BrahMos missile, the fastest in the world, has a flight range of up to 290 km and carries a conventional warhead of 200 to 300 kg, thus delivering with high-precision, devastating power at supersonic speed.

The land based weapon complex comprises four to six mobile autonomous launchers controlled by a mobile command post (MCP) and a mobile replenishment vehicle (MRV). The Army and Navy have already inducted the missile system. The launch of the missile's air-version integrated with Su-30MKI will be carried out by the end of this year.

BrahMos missile, which derives its name from the Brahmaputra and Moskova rivers, was developed by an Indo-Russian joint venture after the two countries signed an agreement in February 1998. The nine meter long missile can travel at a speed of Mach 2.8.

BrahMos Fire Power

- Achieved high level of accuracy with multiple navigation satellites integrated with advanced software, without homing device, thus enabling pinpoint accuracy and further enhancing the precision capability against hidden land targets including mountainous regions

- Accomplished the supersonic steep dive capability against difficult land targets

- Realised airframe, both composite and metallic, built by the Indian industries which were tested and evaluated and altogether provided substantial increase of indigenously produced content in the missile

BrahMos Missile Achieves High Accuracy Against Hidden Land Targets -The New Indian Express

 

[VeeraBahadur]

It's getting better with every test . Participation of local companies is also heart warming.

Guidance , structure, s/w and navigation are desi but what about the engines ???Any ideas anyone for the timeframe of desi engine.

 

[HariPrasad]

This is awesome. In each test, It adds some new capability. Every time it performs better that previous test.

Congrats!!!!!

It is difficult to imagine how this missile would be in coming 5 years.

Advanced version of BrahMos missile test-fired
PTI | Jul 8, 2014, 12.13 PM IST

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The missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur at about 10.40am.

BALASORE (Odisha): India on Tuesday test-fired an advanced version of the 290km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Odisha coast.

The missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the Integrated Test Range(ITR) at Chandipur at about 10.40am, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said.

The missile is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300kg.

"It was a developmental trial of BrahMos," Ravi Kumar Gupta, senior defence scientist and director, Directorate of Public Interface, DRDO told PTI over phone.

The two-stage missile, the first one being solid and the second one ramjet liquid propellant, has already been inducted into the Army and Navy, and the Air Force version is in final stages of trial, a defence official said.

While induction of the first version of Brahmos system in the Indian Navy commenced from 2005 with the missile being deployed onboard warship INS Rajput, it is now fully operational with two regiments of the Army.

Brahmos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian joint venture company, is also working to develop the air as well as the submarine-launched versions of the missile system and work on the projects is in progress.

The Army has so far placed orders for the Brahmos missile to be inducted by three of its regiments and two out of them have already become operational.

The Defence Ministry has also given a go-ahead to the Army to induct a third regiment equipped with the missile system to be deployed in Arunachal Pradesh.

 

[HariPrasad]

BALASORE (Odisha): India on Tuesday test-fired an advanced version of the 290km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Odisha coast.

The missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the Integrated Test Range(ITR) at Chandipur at about 10.40am, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said.

The missile is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300kg.

"It was a developmental trial of BrahMos," Ravi Kumar Gupta, senior defence scientist and director, Directorate of Public Interface, DRDO told PTI over phone.

The two-stage missile, the first one being solid and the second one ramjet liquid propellant, has already been inducted into the Army and Navy, and the Air Force version is in final stages of trial, a defence official said.

While induction of the first version of Brahmos system in the Indian Navy commenced from 2005 with the missile being deployed onboard warship INS Rajput, it is now fully operational with two regiments of the Army.

Brahmos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian joint venture company, is also working to develop the air as well as the submarine-launched versions of the missile system and work on the projects is in progress.

The Army has so far placed orders for the Brahmos missile to be inducted by three of its regiments and two out of them have already become operational.

The Defence Ministry has also given a go-ahead to the Army to induct a third regiment equipped with the missile system to be deployed in Arunachal Pradesh.

 

[kṣamā]

Now as we hear the integration of G3OM chips, we are integrating desi H/W and Custom S/W to mate with it. Nice move.

Plus, is it me or does anyone else see that we are using Bramhos as a tech demonstrator. We can very easily migrate these systems to any other long range projectiles. It's been time and again proven on a high speed vehicle hence it can definitely be integrated to others, albeit with customization.