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Precision-Guided Munitions
S.K.Chaudari
The technology demonstration of an ambitious
project to fire hi-tech precision-guided munitions (PGMs) from a mother
missile at various targets simultaneously will be completed in a year by scientists
of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
After technology demonstration, the first flight trial of a
200-km tactical missile to launch the PGMs is proposed to be carried out in two years, according to S.K. Chaudhuri,
Director of Research Centre Imarat, a premier avionics systems hub of the
DRDOs missile complex.
PGMs are miniaturised missiles with small seekers,
actuators and on-board computers and will be integrated with tactical missiles
having a range of 100-200 km. The major
advantage of PGMs is that collateral damage could be avoided while attacking
multiple targets in a war scenario with sub-metre accuracy.
Observing that the technology of a mother missile launching PGMs was a
frontier area, Dr. Chaudhuri said a surface-to-surface missile or an air-to-surface
missile could be equipped with PGMs.
A series of trials using a Remotely Piloted Vehicle
(RPV) to simulate the speed of the mother missile while ejecting
the PGMs will be conducted at Balasore, Orissa, from March this year. Initially,
the RPV will be tested using two seekersIIR (Imaging Infra-Red) and mmW
(millimetric wave) to track the target. Subsequently, the tests would be conducted
with RPV for separation of munitions. The technology demonstration of the
launch of a single PGM with multiple seekers from the RPV will be completed in
a year.
Dr. Chaudhuri said that one of the main reasons
for using an RPV was to reduce costs as it could be re-used.
He added that the
Research Centre Imarat (RCI) was also likely to collaborate withanother country for developing sensor-fused
munitions. In this type, they sense the target and
fuse the warhead when the mother missile is in close proximity to the target.
He said work had already begun in that direction.
The Hindu : Today's Paper / NATIONAL : Multiple-target missiles to redefine warfare
S.K.Chaudari
The technology demonstration of an ambitious
project to fire hi-tech precision-guided munitions (PGMs) from a mother
missile at various targets simultaneously will be completed in a year by scientists
of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
After technology demonstration, the first flight trial of a
200-km tactical missile to launch the PGMs is proposed to be carried out in two years, according to S.K. Chaudhuri,
Director of Research Centre Imarat, a premier avionics systems hub of the
DRDOs missile complex.
PGMs are miniaturised missiles with small seekers,
actuators and on-board computers and will be integrated with tactical missiles
having a range of 100-200 km. The major
advantage of PGMs is that collateral damage could be avoided while attacking
multiple targets in a war scenario with sub-metre accuracy.
Observing that the technology of a mother missile launching PGMs was a
frontier area, Dr. Chaudhuri said a surface-to-surface missile or an air-to-surface
missile could be equipped with PGMs.
A series of trials using a Remotely Piloted Vehicle
(RPV) to simulate the speed of the mother missile while ejecting
the PGMs will be conducted at Balasore, Orissa, from March this year. Initially,
the RPV will be tested using two seekersIIR (Imaging Infra-Red) and mmW
(millimetric wave) to track the target. Subsequently, the tests would be conducted
with RPV for separation of munitions. The technology demonstration of the
launch of a single PGM with multiple seekers from the RPV will be completed in
a year.
Dr. Chaudhuri said that one of the main reasons
for using an RPV was to reduce costs as it could be re-used.
He added that the
Research Centre Imarat (RCI) was also likely to collaborate withanother country for developing sensor-fused
munitions. In this type, they sense the target and
fuse the warhead when the mother missile is in close proximity to the target.
He said work had already begun in that direction.
The Hindu : Today's Paper / NATIONAL : Multiple-target missiles to redefine warfare
