BVR Astra missile warming up for aircraft release in 2013; re-engineered we

[tvsram1992]

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Quick question - Is 100 Km too good for an A2A missile??? Also is 100 Km achievable in all scenarios???

No ,its achievable at an altitude of 15km and in head on chase mode ie when aircraft is flying towards missile .

 

[Black Widow]

Mk-1 was supposed to have a range of 80 Km. while range of Mk-II was speculated as >120 Km...

Do agree with you, having said that I think the range depends upon many criteria, Same missile can have different range based on following fact
1. Altitude
2. Head chase or tail chase.

And trust me the range vary drastically due to this two attribute. So when we are talking bout missile range and speed we must specify the condition. I would like to give an example..
a) The maximum range of Astra is 80 km in head-on chase and 20 km in tail chase.
b) it can cover 110 km when launched from an altitude of 15 km,
c) 44 km when fired from an altitude of eight km
d) 21 km when the altitude is sea-level


Note:The Mark 2 version of Astra will have a maximum range of 150 km and tail chase range of up to 35 km.

 

[AGENT 47]

its rocket engine indigenous or imported from russia ?

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

its rocket engine indigenous or imported from russia ?

Motors are Indian but the seeker is Russian.
It will be replaced in the future by an Indian one.

 

[sss112]

Good going DRDO.
Waiting for another success story.

 

[Black Widow]

its rocket engine indigenous or imported from russia ?

Nothing is imported , Seekers will be produced in India with ToT from Russia. Later it may replace by indian one. I think India is good in making seekers.

 

[sss112]

Nothing is imported , Seekers will be produced in India with ToT from Russia. Later it may replace by indian one. I think India is good in making seekers.

I think this TOT is usually to get a peek at others tech "officially".
Would help in learning a few things.
Sometimes, there is no need to reinvent the wheel.
Or reinvent it and add a few bits from others to make it the best.

 

[aanshu001]

The range will decrease. Also its not like the conventional sams,the whole system will be small,may be based on ships or ground like MANPADS.

good enough..for these kind of role.

 

[aanshu001]

AGAT MISSILE SEEKER COMBINES TECHNOLOGY FROM EAST AND WEST, Archived


US commercial off-the-shelf microchips from Motorola and TexasInstruments and the latest Russian fibre-optic gyro technology havebeen used in the development of Russia's latest active-radar missileseeker, writes Doug Richardson. In the past Russian seeker designhouse Moscow Research Institute Agat has shown its existing seekersat defence exhibitions, but at Farnborough '98 it decided to showits next generation of technology in the form of the "Upgraded9B-1103M".In designing this seeker, Agat Director and Designer General JosephAkopyan drew upon his institute's 20 years of experience with activeradar seekers, plus the best technology available from East andWest. At Farnborough, he gave Jane's Missiles & Rockets a detailedbriefing on the new seeker and its underlying technology.Agat has been working on active radar seekers since 1978. At firstsight, this would suggest that the technology for such designs hadbecame available near simultaneously both in the USA and Russia, andthat both Hughes (now part of Raytheon) had been pursuingindependent development paths. The situation two decades ago wasmore complex than that, says Akopyan. When Hughes began talkingabout developing such a seeker for AMRAAM, this created a stir inthe former Soviet Union, and triggered requirements for a similarRussian seeker.Agat's first active radar seeker was the 9B-1348E which it developedin collaboration with Istok Electronics for use in the RVV-AE"Amraamski". The later type 9B-1103M was originally developed forthe R-27EA active-homing variant of the R-27 series, and is apossible optional seeker for the RVV-AE.In the past, 35kg was considered a typical weight for an activeradar seeker, but today's requirements specify 20, 15 or even 10kg.

AGAT MISSILE SEEKER COMBINES TECHNOLOGY FROM EAST AND WEST - Jane's Missiles and Rockets

 

[rajnikant]

good god..m loving it..if DRDO would have been a political party..i would have voted for them forever ...lolz

 

[Storm Force]

iNDIA range of indengious weapons is massive now.

AMONGEST all the bashing of failed projects from PDF we some times forget INDIA is building just about every major weapons system needed in the future

ITS ABOUT TO EXPLODE INTO THE MARKET over next 5 years

 

[IND151]

awesome news

 

[Major.]

Is there a change in propellant or is it to do with the camera...!!!

Guru who have knowledge may help...!!! i remember astra has smokeless propellant....is there cooking something else...!!!(china style)

 

[rockstarIN]

Made my day, between seeker technology is the most important...even I believe Chinese PL series using the same seeker.