Contract renewal time. This is part of the overall Project-LR for the upcoming LRSOW systems that was in the MoD report and will be coming in the future.
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DRDO & Indian Navy successfully conduct flight-trials of first-of-its-kind Naval Anti-Ship missile
Posted On: 26 FEB 2025 7:45PM by PIB DelhiDefence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy carried out successful flight-trials of first-of-its-kind Naval Anti-Ship missile (NASM-SR) from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur on February 25, 2025. The trials demonstrated the missile’s capability against ship targets while launched from an Indian Naval Seaking Helicopter.
The trials have proven the missile’s Man-in-Loop feature and scored a direct hit on a small ship target in sea-skimming mode at its maximum range. The missile uses an Indigenous Imaging Infra-Red Seeker for terminal guidance. The mission also has demonstrated the high bandwidth two way datalink system, which is used to transmit the seeker live images back to the pilot for in-flight retargeting.
The missile was launched in Bearing-only Lock-on after launch mode with several targets in close vicinity for selecting one among them. The missile initially locked on to a large target within a specified zone of search and during the terminal phase, the pilot selected a smaller hidden target resulting in its being hit with pinpoint accuracy.
The missile uses an indigenous Fiber Optic Gyroscope-based INS and Radio Altimeter for its Mid-course guidance, an Integrated avionics module, Electro-Mechanical actuators for Aerodynamic and Jet vane control, thermal batteries and PCB warhead. It uses solid propulsion with an in-line ejectable booster and a long-burn sustainer. The trials have met all the mission objectives.
The missile is developed by different labs of DRDO including Research Centre Imarat, Defence Research and Development Laboratory, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and
Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory. The missiles are currently being produced by Development cum Production Partners with the help of MSME’s, start-ups and other production partners.
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DRDL does have 22 projects running so maybe that
DRDL director said this
now count DRDL does have 22 projects running so maybe that
This is essentially the PG-HSLD kit with a single-peice wing. Iirc, PG-HSLD had a laser seeker for terminal guidance so that might get carried over to TARA too.
Initial reports said TARA was a powered glide bomb similar to AASM/Hammer. Guess this is the basic version.
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So is gandiva and Astra becoming seperate missile lines??
I suppose the triple pulse "astra mk4" is going to be the new astra mk3 and gandiv will be a stand alone line of missiles. It seems.
I had this idea I hope the combine the triple pulse motor and the ramjet for extended range on astra mk 5.
Lets see what happens, so far even mk2 is to be cleared for series production, only development trials and maybe user trials are done. SFDR last we heard in November from Hemant Rout about the test but DRDO side did not confirm or even mention about any test. The triple pulse application if it is to happen will be known in coming years only. Till then its just formal naming of SFDR based missile application.
About the combining, the general idea is booster + sustainer combo. SFDR itself will be very pricey, so from economic pov, mere range extension case
serves little purpose here for using both dual pulse and ramjet together.