DRDO
launches Agni-5 with MIRV’s
Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted first successful flight
test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently
Targetable Re-Entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology on 11 March 2024. The flight test
named Mission Divyastra was carried out from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island in
Odisha. Various Telemetry and radar stations tracked and monitored multiple
re-entry vehicles. The Mission accomplished the designed parameters.
Video
capture of the launch
New gen Agni-Prime tested
Strategic Forces
Command (SFC), along with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO),
conducted the successful flight test of New Generation Ballistic Missile
Agni-Prime from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha at around
1900 hrs on 3 April 2024. The test met all the trial objectives validating its
reliable performance, as confirmed from the data captured by a number of range
sensors deployed at different locations, including two downrange ships placed
at the terminal point. The launch was witnessed by the Chief of Defence Staff,
Chief of Strategic Forces Command and senior officials from DRDO and the Indian
Army.
DRDO in trials of MPATGM
Man Portable Anti-tank Guided Missile (MPATGM)
Weapon System, indigenously designed and developed by Defence Research &
Development Organisation (DRDO), has been field evaluated in different flight
configurations several times with the objective of proving the technology with
high superiority. The system consisted of the MPATGM, Launcher, Target Acquisition
System, and the Fire Control Unit. Adequate number of missile firing trials
have been successfully conducted towards achieving compliance of complete
operational envelop as stipulated in the General Staff Qualitative Requirements
(Infantry, Indian Army). The Warhead Flight Trials were successfully conducted
at the Pokhran Field Firing Range, Rajasthan on 13 April 2024.
ITCM
successfully tested by DRDO
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a
successful flight test of Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) from the
Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on 18 April
2024. During the test, all subsystems performed as per expectation. The missile
performance was monitored by several Range Sensors like Radar, Electro Optical
Tracking System (EOTS) and Telemetry deployed by ITR at different locations to
ensure complete coverage of the flight path. The flight of the missile was also
monitored from the Su-30MKI aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
Test
of new version of MRBM
A successful launch of the new variant of a
Medium Range Ballistic Missile was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic
Forces Command on 23 April 2024. The user launch has proven the operational
capability of the Command and validated new technologies. Other details are
unknown.
SMART successfully flight tested by DRDO
Supersonic
Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system was successfully flight
tested at around 0830 hrs on 1 May 2024 from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the
coast of Odisha. SMART is a next generation missile-based light weight torpedo
delivery system, designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) to enhance the anti-submarine warfare capability of the
Indian Navy far beyond the conventional range of lightweight torpedo.
This
canister based missile system consists of several advanced sub-systems, namely
two stage solid propulsion system, electromechanical actuator system, precision
inertial navigation system etc. The system carries advanced light-weight
torpedo as payload along with parachute based release system. The missile was launched from the ground mobile launcher.
Several state of the art mechanisms such as symmetric separation, ejection and
velocity control have been validated in this test.
Brahmos
delivered to Philippines
The first
consignment of BrahMos cruise
missiles was delivered to its first export customer Philippines on 19 April
2024.
