Multiple-target missiles to redefine warfare

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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 DRDO’s 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 seekers—IIR (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 RCI was also likely to collaborate with another 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.

 

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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 DRDO’s 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 seekers—IIR (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 RCI was also likely to collaborate with another 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.

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