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DRDO Participation in Indian Science Congress at Tirupati, 3-7 January 2017

 

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Bengaluru: India will increase the range of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile to 450 km from the present 290 km, and a test is likely around March 10, DRDO chief S Christopher said on Wednesday.

The DRDO chief, however, denied any plans for increasing the range of the Agni missile, which has a range above 5,000 km.

This comes after India became a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) in June 2016.

The MTCR is an informal and voluntary partnership of countries to prevent the proliferation of missile and unmanned aerial vehicle technology capable of carrying above 500 kg payload for more than 300 km. This prohibits member countries to give such technology to countries outside the club.

The range of the BrahMos missile, a joint venture of India and Russia, is 290 km, though it is capable of going beyond that range.

Christopher said a change in the software will be needed, after which the missile will be tested for an enhanced range of 450 km.


"We will tentatively test it around March 10," he said.

Besides this, the DRDO is also developing a second version of the BrahMos missile which will have a range of 800 km.

This missile, Christopher said, is likely to be developed over the next two-and-a-half years.

Asked if India will also increase the range of the Agni-V missile, which can reach targets as far Beijing with a range of over 5,000 km, Christopher denied it.

"We may not do it because it can antagonise someone," he said without naming any country.

The Indian Army has already inducted three regiments of BrahMos in its arsenal. All are equipped with Block-III version of the missile, which was tested last May.

The land-attack version of BrahMos has been operationalised in the Indian Army since 2007.

The fire-and-forget BrahMos has the capability to take on surface-based targets by flying a combined hi-lo trajectory, thus evading enemy air defence systems.

The inclusion of the powerful weapon system in the Indian Army has given it a distinct operational advantage to knock down any enemy target even in the most difficult and hidden terrains.

The BrahMos missile, having a range of 290 km and a Mach 2.8 speed, is capable of being launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air against sea and land targets.

BrahMos is a joint venture between DRDO of India and NPOM of Russia.


First Published: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 14:21

 

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http://zeenews.india.com/india/pm-n...defence-missile-deal-with-israel_1980214.html

As part of the plan, the Army will induct more than five regiments of MR-SAM, which will have around 40 firing units and over 200 missiles.

"In a meeting of the cabinet committee on security headed by the Prime Minister, the proposal for procuring the MR-SAM air defence system for the Army was approved," India Today quoted an official as saying.

"The delivery of the first system for the Army units will begin in 72 months of the signing of the contract and they would be ready for deployment in field areas by the year 2023," the report said citing sources.

 

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The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), headed by Mr. Modi, at a meeting on on Wednesday, gave the go-ahead for the deal to be executed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

The deal is for 200 missiles for five regiments, each getting 40 units. The missile has a range of 50-70 km.

The DRDO would play a crucial role in developing the target homing system.

 

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English Translation of the text of PM’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio on 26.02.2017

In the field of defence also, India has successfully test fired the Ballistic Interceptor Missile. During its trial, this missile, based on interceptor technology, destroyed an enemy missile at an altitude of about 100 km above the surface of the earth and thus marked its success. This is a significant, cutting edge competency in the arena of security. And you will be happy to know that hardly four or five countries in the world possess this capability. India’s scientists have demonstrated this prowess. Its core strength lies in the fact that if, even from a distance of 2000 km, a missile is launched to attack India, our missile can pre-emptively destroy it in the space itself.

 

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Indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile successfully test-fired
PTI | Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 12:32
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Balasore: India on Wednesday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile capable of destroying any incoming enemy ballistic missile at low altitude.


This the second time that the missile has been test-fired in less than a month and is part of an effort to put in place a multi-layer missile defence system.

"Today's test launch was conducted in order to validate various parameters of the interceptor in flight mode," a defence official said, adding that it was a low altitude trial.

The interceptor was engaged against a target which was a Prithvi missile launched from launch complex 3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here, taking up the trajectory of a hostile ballistic missile.

The target missile was launched at about 10.10 hours from Chandipur.

After about four minutes the interceptor, Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile positioned at Abdul Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal, getting signals from tracking radars, roared through its trajectory to destroy the incoming hostile missile in mid-air, in an endo-atmospheric altitude, the official said.

"The mission was excellent and it was a direct hit," said a scientist of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO).

The interceptor is a 7.5-meter long single stage solid rocket propelled guided missile equipped with a navigation system, a hi-tech computer and an electro-mechanical activator, the official said.

The interceptor missile had its own mobile launcher, secure data link for interception, independent tracking and homing capabilities and sophisticated radars, the official added.

On February 11, an incoming hostile ballistic missile target was successfully intercepted at high altitude, above 50 km of the earth's atmosphere by an exo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the Odisha coast.

Earlier, a low altitude (endo-atmospheric) test of AAD missile was successfully test launched on May 15, 2016 from the same base.


First Published: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 12:32

 

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"The formal clearance for the MRSAM project has been given by the Cabinet committee on security headed by the prime minister last week," according to an Indian ministry of defense official. The formal contract will be awarded later in March, the official said.

Initial reports indicate that the missile system will protect Indian air space from hostile aircraft and drones flying within a range of 30 to 45 miles. "The Indian Army wants to use the MRSAM to provide air defense to the mechanized formations operating in the plains, semi-desert and desert sections of the country," an Indian Army official told DefenseNews.

The Indian Army will add 40 MRSAM missiles to its stockpile. The weapons are slated to be operational by 2023.

"The missile successfully intercepted a moving aerial target in all three tests," an Indian Ministry of Defense official said.

 

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BrahMos ER test in a few days.

 

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Shashikala Sinha (third from left) celebrating International Women's Day in the city. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal

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Shashikala Sinha takes part in the International Women’s Day celebrations in Hyderabad
“Shashikala Sinha, the nation is proud of you!” said Union Minister of State for Defence Subash Bhamre from the stage, as all the eyes in the auditorium were riveted on a bespectacled lady.

“I was just doing my job...so much of the spotlight...it is unnerving. I wish my entire team of 300-odd scientists and others were here to share these accolades. After all, it is a team effort and I was just the music conductor,” exclaimed the 56-year-old Project Director of the Defence Research & Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Advanced Area Defence (AAD) Endo Atmospheric Interceptor Missiles, Chandipur, Odisha, on the success of the interceptor missile test. Ms. Sinha was at the DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI), which was instrumental in developing indigenous missile systems.

She was in the State capital’s suburbs to participate in International Women’s Day celebrations on Wednesday.

In fact, returning to RCI brings back fond yet sad memories for her, too, because it is here that Ms. Sinha first arrived with her naval officer husband Lieutenant Commander Gaurav Raj Sinha when he got posted here.

Unfortunately, she lost her husband to a road accident, and revived her career here as a scientist on a contract basis in 1997.


‘Great support’

“I had to look after my two daughters, then aged seven and 11. I was returning to science labs after almost a decade. It was tough initially but my scientific fraternity and my husband’s friends were a source of great support,” said the post-graduate from IIT-Kharagpur, where she also met her husband.

The DRDO’s senior scientist originally hailed from Madurai in Tamil Nadu, spent her childhood in Hyderabad as her father was in the Army, and completed her engineering from Osmania University. Her mastery over her subject not only helped her get full time employment in the DRDO in 2001, but also accelerated promotions for outstanding work.

“There is no gender here. You are here for what you do,” she averred.

What next? “We should be ready for a field test on a multi-role interceptor missile at an even higher altitude within two-and-half years. It will take four-five years to get it [the multi-role interceptor missile] into actual usage. Unlike the West, we cannot afford to repeat field tests as that would be very expensive. We want the private sector to get involved more in our programme. Right now, it [private sector participation] is disappointing,” Ms. Sinha observed.

 

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