DRDO Systems Inducted, AON, Advance Trials & Evaluation

On the occasion of the 65th Foundation Day of the Organisation, celebrated on 1st January, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat stated that several systems developed by DRDO have been delivered, inducted or handed over to the users. Some of the Systems are under advance trials. Details of these are as given below-

Recent DRDO Inductions

• Three firing units of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile for IAF,

• Shakti EW system,

• InfraRed Signature Suppression System for ships,

• Brake Parachutes for Su-30 fighter aircrafts,

• Commanders Thermal Imaging Sight with Laser Range Finders for T-90 Tank,

• Dhwani Automated Sonar Trainer,

• four types of Radiation Contamination Monitoring Systems,

• MIG-29 Aircrew Helmet and Pressure Breathing Oxygen Masks etc.

Acceptance of Necessity for DRDO projects

Dr Kamat added that the Acceptance of Necessity (AON) has also been accorded by the Defence Procurement Boards and Defence Acquisitions Council for induction of several DRDO developed systems to include

• Sarang ESM system

• Light Tank

• Tactical Advance Range Augmentation (TARA) kit

• Long Range Guided Bomb (LRGB)-Gaurav

• Naval Anti-Ship Missile-Medium Range (NASM-MR)

• Air surveillance radar for NGMV

• Low Level Transportable Radar (LLTR) -Ashwini

• New Generation Anti-radiation Missile (NGARM), Pralay,

• Guided Extended Range Rocket Ammunition for Pinaka

• Self-Propelled Mine Burier

• Infantry Combat Vehicle-Command

• Anti-Personnel Fragmentation Mine ‘Ulk’

• Infantry Floating Foot Bridge

• Bridge Laying Tank (BLT) T-72

• ACADA.

• Authority Holding Sealed Particulars (AHSP) of Army version of Akash Weapon System handed over to Missile Systems Quality Assurance Agency.

Systems under Final Evaluation Stage

Major systems either been completed or in the final stages of user evaluation –

• Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)

• Third Generation Helicopter Launch Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘Helina’

• NAMIS (Tracked) and ‘Nag’ Anti-Tank Guided Missile

• Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile

• Medium Range Surface to Air Missile

• Mechanical Mine Layer (self-propelled)

• 84 mm Anti-Thermal/Anti-Laser Smoke Grenade

• HEPF and RHE (Enhanced) Rocket Ammunition for Pinaka MRLS

• 125 mm FSAPDS

• Air Defence Fire Control Radar ‘Atulya’

• Weapon Locating Radar for Mountains

• V/UHF Manpack Software Defined Radio

• P-16 Heavy Drop System

• Portable Diver Detection Sonar System

• Advanced Light Weight Torpedo

• Sea Water Purification Kit for Gaganyan Mission.

Systems under Development Trials

AMCA Sketch

Dr Kamat stated that several systems are also undergoing developmental trials. These include :-

• Electronic Warfare Systems for Naval platforms under the programme Samudrika

• Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence Interceptor AD-1 Missile

• Extended range version of BrahMos from Su-30 aircraft

• Very Short Range Air Defence System

• Naval Anti-Ship Missile-Short Range

• Agni Prime

• Vertical Launch-Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM)

• Akash-New Generation, Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM)

• Enhanced Range Pinaka Rocket System

• High speed expendable Aerial Target ‘Abhyas’

• Small Turbo Fan Engine

• Kaveri Dry Engine WhAP-CBRN

• Shatrughat

• EW Systems for Plains and Desert Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar ‘Uttam’

• Advanced Light Towed Array Sonar among others.

Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) under approval of Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)