Update on Nirbhay
Apparently, 2 new cruise missile programs are online now. Nirbhay has technically ended.
Apparently, 2 new cruise missile programs are online now. Nirbhay has technically ended.
REVEALED: India’s Naval Anti-Ship Missile Breaks Cover At #DefExpo2020
By Shiv Aroor, Feb 06, 2020; 2:34 pm
A missile system that India’s DRDO mentioned for the first time in 2018 has broken cover at the ongoing Def Expo show in Lucknow. The 55-km range helicopter launched Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR) has been detailed for the first time since the project was sanctioned in 2017, and has since been mostly speculated upon. Here’s the first data on the weapon that’s currently in its configuration and definition phase:
First data set down by the DRDO says the missile is being developed for the Sea King helicopter platform. The Indian Navy’s Sea Kings currently sport the last of India’s Sea Eagle missiles, both in the final lap of their operational life. It is therefore reasonable to expect that this weapon system will more practically find place on future helicopter platforms, including the MH-60R and follow-on helicopters. The MH-60Rs that India will soon be contracting will be supplied along with the Norwegian Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile as its primary anti-ship weapon.
The NASM-SR emerges as a future option at a time when the Indian Navy is also looking at anti-ship weapons fits for its future multirole helicopter fleets that will replace its Sea Kings. As detailed by Livefist, these include MBDA’s 25-km range Sea Venom and the over 100-km range Marte ER. The DRDO’s NASM revealed at the DefExpo show is specifically designated ‘SR’, confirming that a longer range version will also be pursued. Sources indicate this could be a weapon system with ranged in excess of 150-km.
The Indian Navy is also in the market for new medium range anti-ship missiles (MRAShM) for 24 current and future warships — three Delhi-class destroyers, four Kora-class missile corvettes and the six new Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMV) that will enter service in the next decade. The other anti-ship missiles currently in service with the Indian Navy are Boeing Harpoon Block IIIs on the P-8I Poseidon fleet.
The DRDO had once also envisaged a long-range supersonic cruise missile program, though the technologies planned have since been co-opted into separate programs, including a proposed Submarine-launched Cruise Missile (SLCM):
The NASM-SR is part of a new family of weapons that form a fresh phase in the country’s missile program, that include the Rudra air-to-surface weapon, the Short Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) that’s soon to be tested from HAL’s Hawk-i and the Next Generation Anti-Radiation Missile (NGARM):
REVEALED: India’s Naval Anti-Ship Missile Breaks Cover At #DefExpo2020
By Shiv Aroor, Feb 06, 2020; 2:34 pm
A missile system that India’s DRDO mentioned for the first time in 2018 has broken cover at the ongoing Def Expo show in Lucknow. The 55-km range helicopter launched Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR) has been detailed for the first time since the project was sanctioned in 2017, and has since been mostly speculated upon. Here’s the first data on the weapon that’s currently in its configuration and definition phase:
First data set down by the DRDO says the missile is being developed for the Sea King helicopter platform. The Indian Navy’s Sea Kings currently sport the last of India’s Sea Eagle missiles, both in the final lap of their operational life. It is therefore reasonable to expect that this weapon system will more practically find place on future helicopter platforms, including the MH-60R and follow-on helicopters. The MH-60Rs that India will soon be contracting will be supplied along with the Norwegian Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile as its primary anti-ship weapon.
The NASM-SR emerges as a future option at a time when the Indian Navy is also looking at anti-ship weapons fits for its future multirole helicopter fleets that will replace its Sea Kings. As detailed by Livefist, these include MBDA’s 25-km range Sea Venom and the over 100-km range Marte ER. The DRDO’s NASM revealed at the DefExpo show is specifically designated ‘SR’, confirming that a longer range version will also be pursued. Sources indicate this could be a weapon system with ranged in excess of 150-km.
The Indian Navy is also in the market for new medium range anti-ship missiles (MRAShM) for 24 current and future warships — three Delhi-class destroyers, four Kora-class missile corvettes and the six new Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMV) that will enter service in the next decade. The other anti-ship missiles currently in service with the Indian Navy are Boeing Harpoon Block IIIs on the P-8I Poseidon fleet.
The DRDO had once also envisaged a long-range supersonic cruise missile program, though the technologies planned have since been co-opted into separate programs, including a proposed Submarine-launched Cruise Missile (SLCM):
The NASM-SR is part of a new family of weapons that form a fresh phase in the country’s missile program, that include the Rudra air-to-surface weapon, the Short Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) that’s soon to be tested from HAL’s Hawk-i and the Next Generation Anti-Radiation Missile (NGARM):
REVEALED: India’s Naval Anti-Ship Missile Breaks Cover At #DefExpo2020
BEL-JSR Dynamics Khagantak-225-LW Long Range Stand Off small diameter bomb. 180 km range, 243 kg total weight 108 kg warhead :
The 297km range 200kg class light weight cruise missile "VEL" from them :
The 297km range 200kg class light weight cruise missile "VEL" from them :
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DRDO inks deal with Russian company for missiles propulsion systems
Lucknow: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) signed a technology development contract with a Russian company Rosoboronexport on Friday at DefExpo2020 here.
DRDO's High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) signed contract with Rosoboronexport for development of Advanced Pyrotechnic Ignition Systems.
Director HEMRL KPS Murthy said that this will enable advancement in the field of energetic materials and pyrotechnic technology leading to the development of advanced ignition systems.
HEMRL is the DRDO laboratory working in the development of spectrum of high energy materials required for missiles, rockets and guns.
This will meet the futuristic requirements of high-performance propulsion systems. He added that the propulsion systems are the power behind the rockets and missiles.
"This technology development will facilitate design and development of the state of art solid rocket motors for upcoming products," Murthy said.
These products will be based on compact and energy efficient propulsion systems.
Lucknow: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) signed a technology development contract with a Russian company Rosoboronexport on Friday at DefExpo2020 here.
DRDO's High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) signed contract with Rosoboronexport for development of Advanced Pyrotechnic Ignition Systems.
Director HEMRL KPS Murthy said that this will enable advancement in the field of energetic materials and pyrotechnic technology leading to the development of advanced ignition systems.
HEMRL is the DRDO laboratory working in the development of spectrum of high energy materials required for missiles, rockets and guns.
This will meet the futuristic requirements of high-performance propulsion systems. He added that the propulsion systems are the power behind the rockets and missiles.
"This technology development will facilitate design and development of the state of art solid rocket motors for upcoming products," Murthy said.
These products will be based on compact and energy efficient propulsion systems.
Is this a JV for future development only or is this a cover for us indigenizing their products like Brahmos or is it a bit of both?
I was going through some old docs and I found this :
This was put out on 7th March of 2018 by the then RM Mrs. N. Sitharaman. Most of the projects here seem to be on track. Guided Pinaka was tested in December. MRSAM, LRSAM acquisition is on track. DRDO's AIP has been undergoing testing for a long time now. NASM-SR is supposed to be completed by the end of 2021. Interestingly SMART was supposed to end before NASM-SR, but we've seen nothing of it so far. SLCM is an off-shoot of the Nirbhay missile. Details of Rudra M-II/M-II are not public.
This was put out on 7th March of 2018 by the then RM Mrs. N. Sitharaman. Most of the projects here seem to be on track. Guided Pinaka was tested in December. MRSAM, LRSAM acquisition is on track. DRDO's AIP has been undergoing testing for a long time now. NASM-SR is supposed to be completed by the end of 2021. Interestingly SMART was supposed to end before NASM-SR, but we've seen nothing of it so far. SLCM is an off-shoot of the Nirbhay missile. Details of Rudra M-II/M-II are not public.
I know its old. I was checking if they were on schedule. They are more or less on time. Do you have anything on the Rudra M-II/M-III and SMART ?
