DRDO successfully conducts three trials of indigenous man portable air defence system

During each the 3 flight-tests connected Saturday, the missiles intercepted and wholly destroyed the targets which had a reduced thermal signature to mimic debased flying drones. These targets were flown astatine antithetic flying conditions.

The flight-tests were carried retired successful last deployment configuration wherever 2 tract operators carried retired the afloat cognition series of limb readiness, people acquisition and rocket firing.

“The formation information captured by assorted scope instruments similar telemetry, electro-optical tracking strategy and radar deployed by Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, confirmed the pin-point accuracy and established the unsocial capableness of VSHORADS rocket strategy successful neutralizing drones on with different classes of aerial threats.

The flight-tests were witnessed by elder officials of DRDO, equipped forces and improvement and accumulation partners,” a property connection from the Ministry of Defence read.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, equipped forces and the industries for the palmy formation tests, terming it arsenic a large success. DRDO chairperson Dr Samir V Kamat besides congratulated the full DRDO team, users and the manufacture partners.

The improvement trials of the rocket were carried retired astatine the Pokhran Field Firing Ranges successful Rajasthan successful October past twelvemonth and showcased repeatability of hit-to-kill capableness of the limb strategy successful assorted people engagement scenarios covering approaching, receding and crossing modes. The DRDO said that the rocket strategy has the capableness to conscionable the needs of each the 3 branches of the equipped forces — Indian Army, Navy and Air Force.

Three consecutive trials of Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) was successfully carried retired against high-speed targets flying astatine precise debased altitude. During flight-tests, the missiles intercepted and wholly destroyed the targets pic.twitter.com/OrNVPPP2vx

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During the improvement signifier of the VSHORADS missile, 2 accumulation agencies were engaged successful the development-cum-production spouse (DcPP) mode. In the improvement trials successful October past year, the missiles produced done DcPPs were successfully used, paving the mode for aboriginal idiosyncratic trials and accumulation successful a abbreviated time. Similarly, 2 palmy trials were conducted successful February 2024 and successful September 2022.