Very unlikely. Last update from new chairman said it's still in design stage.
ITCM-TD is to certify manik engine, it will not enter production.Nirbhay spec chart
As we can see from the previous post above, the two new programs based on Nirbhay project are probably LR-LACM & ITCM.
Not sure if ET-LRLACM which neutronx hinted might be a hypersonic weapon is same project or not. ET is Endo-thermic Long range LACM.
I would guess both these programs are subsonic cruise missiles?
Notice the private companies involved in the project.
Another thing, hypersonic project was top listed in one of the list published before by RMO, I forgot what list it was but as project this is definitely given priority. Given we saw HSTDV is tech demo, so similar multiple projects can/will offshoot from it which will also include many things learned from ITCM Nirbhay projects. So we are going in right path project wise.
The only other thing I am waiting for is the BMD, AAD project.
Why are people still so much confused?. Dr Tessy thomas in interview with Ananth Krishnan explained it last year. Nirbhay project concluded. ITCM-TD project will certify manik engine. Service requirement specific projects like LACM,SLCM will come after that.
They are probably also directed by Gov to increase indigenous content , ie replace some important sections with local LRU, which would further need some attention & delay to project. Well not exactly delay, rather say different priority temporarily. This is what I think is going on with most projects, Gov pushing for more indi content, so priority sometimes switching to creating a desi made alternative to an imported sub system/part which itself would need its own attention priority. Basically a good tech development culture/habit is growing which will serve well in long run. Heard one of the planes project director saying they have to utilize resource available to them wisely across projects.
Not at all. In the case of missiles, the indigenization roadmap was planned a long back at the time of Kalam i suppose. There wasn't much of choice other than going in that direction. The speed of development and increase of indian content is just a culmination of that decade-long effort.
India's indigenization effort measured in percentage of components can be quite misleading. It should be focused on criticality of the component instead. When govt says every nut & bolt should be procured from within , it is great for local industry but when they dont apply the same for other critical components like chips or electro-optics then indigenization is just another slogan to fool ppl.
