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It will be Indias first subsonic cruise missile, capable of being launched from different platforms | EPS
It will be Indias first subsonic cruise missile, capable of being launched from different platforms | EPS
Nirbhay, the desi version of Tomahawk subsonic cruise missile, will be ready for flight trials in December.
Designed and developed at the city-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) unit, the two-stage missile has a range of about 1,000 km. It can travel at a speed of 0.7 Mach, performing multiple manoeuvres, before hitting the target.
Nirbhay (meaning fearless) will be Indias first subsonic cruise missile, capable of being launched from different platforms. It is also Indias first made-in-Bangalore missile, developed outside the DRDOs Missile Complex in Hyderabad.
Sources told Express that the launch, earlier planned in October, has been shifted to December owing to the changes being made to the launcher. It is being built by R&D Engineers, Pune, a specialised arm of the DRDO.
Other than one major imported component (a Russian-made turbofan engine), sources claim that the missile is completely indigenous. The cost of Nirbhay is expected to be around Rs 10 crore per piece with the DRDO spending around Rs 70 crore so far. Though the project was sanctioned in 2004, the scientists ran into many critical challenges.
We had to overcome many unseen events while developing Nirbhay. The project picked up momentum from 2010, sources said.
All the three defence services have shown interest in Nirbhay and the DRDO is riding high on the success of Agni A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 missiles tested in the last five months. Nirbhay is a medium-range cruise missile capable of flying at different altitudes ranging from 500 metres to four km. It is approximately 6 metres long and 550 mm in diameter. A booster and sustainer with two wings make the missile fly at low altitudes, completely ducking enemy radars. The air-breathing engine along with four tail fins control the velocity and path of the missile. Nirbhay is integrated with ring-laser gyro-based high accuracy navigation system and a radio altimeter for the height lock, sources said.
A team of 25 scientists have been working on Nirbhay project at ADE, while another 50 were spread across various DRDO labs. ADE bagged the Nirbhay project owing to their success with the pilotless target aircraft Lakshya.
It will be Indias first subsonic cruise missile, capable of being launched from different platforms | EPS
It will be Indias first subsonic cruise missile, capable of being launched from different platforms | EPS
Nirbhay, the desi version of Tomahawk subsonic cruise missile, will be ready for flight trials in December.
Designed and developed at the city-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) unit, the two-stage missile has a range of about 1,000 km. It can travel at a speed of 0.7 Mach, performing multiple manoeuvres, before hitting the target.
Nirbhay (meaning fearless) will be Indias first subsonic cruise missile, capable of being launched from different platforms. It is also Indias first made-in-Bangalore missile, developed outside the DRDOs Missile Complex in Hyderabad.
Sources told Express that the launch, earlier planned in October, has been shifted to December owing to the changes being made to the launcher. It is being built by R&D Engineers, Pune, a specialised arm of the DRDO.
Other than one major imported component (a Russian-made turbofan engine), sources claim that the missile is completely indigenous. The cost of Nirbhay is expected to be around Rs 10 crore per piece with the DRDO spending around Rs 70 crore so far. Though the project was sanctioned in 2004, the scientists ran into many critical challenges.
We had to overcome many unseen events while developing Nirbhay. The project picked up momentum from 2010, sources said.
All the three defence services have shown interest in Nirbhay and the DRDO is riding high on the success of Agni A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 missiles tested in the last five months. Nirbhay is a medium-range cruise missile capable of flying at different altitudes ranging from 500 metres to four km. It is approximately 6 metres long and 550 mm in diameter. A booster and sustainer with two wings make the missile fly at low altitudes, completely ducking enemy radars. The air-breathing engine along with four tail fins control the velocity and path of the missile. Nirbhay is integrated with ring-laser gyro-based high accuracy navigation system and a radio altimeter for the height lock, sources said.
A team of 25 scientists have been working on Nirbhay project at ADE, while another 50 were spread across various DRDO labs. ADE bagged the Nirbhay project owing to their success with the pilotless target aircraft Lakshya.
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