India Indian Cruise Missile Programs

Rajendra Chola · Jul 9, 2021

Raptor said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1409764102440767488
Fresh NOTAM for missle test.
Could be XRSAM/HSTDV/SRBM

380km. Could be Air Launched BrahMos again?

Raptor · Jul 9, 2021

Rajaraja Chola said:
380km. Could be Air Launched BrahMos again?

The test configuration is from ground to air and brahmos isn't fired from Abdul kalam island
Also path doesn't resembles that of brahmos.

Rajendra Chola · Jul 12, 2021

Raptor said:
The test configuration is from ground to air and brahmos isn't fired from Abdul kalam island
Also path doesn't resembles that of brahmos.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1414587076956196866

Raptor · Jul 12, 2021

Rajaraja Chola said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1414587076956196866

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1414587076956196866

That was for different notam

Nilgiri · Jul 12, 2021

Moved brahmos test convo here....(cruise missile)

Nilgiri · Oct 5, 2021

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1445158736000077826

Gessler · Oct 7, 2021

Nilgiri said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1445158736000077826

Dunno about this...this should have been a strategic program with highest priority accorded, but the lack of any visible progress for over a decade (first time the LFRJ project was revealed was in 2010) indicates the program may have been abandoned as a means of strategic nuclear delivery - the focus may have shifted to Scramjet-based Hypersonic systems instead.

FIRST LOOK: India's Long-Range Cruise Missile Programme - Livefist

The image above is the first impression of India's little known Long-Range Cruise Missile (LRCM). The question now arises -- is this the same as the Nirbhay, India's sub-sonic long-range cruise missile programme? This is still tantalizingly unclear. Why? Well, the Nirbhay has been confirmed by...

www.livefistdefence.com

The LFRJ R&D may be now revived as a means of developing training targets to mimic missiles like the Chinese YJ-12/YJ-18.

Gessler · Oct 23, 2021

The MANIK turbofan engine developed by GTRE.

The 400kgf (~4 kN) turbofan is meant to power long-range subsonic cruise missiles and was recently test-flown for the first time on a ITCM (version of Nirbhay with indigenous engine) LACM.

Nilgiri · Dec 30, 2021

Manufacturing centre for Brahmos-NG supersonic cruise missile to come up in Lucknow as part of Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor

The Brahmos-NG is smaller, lighter and has smarter dimensions and is being designed for deployment on a wider number of modern military platforms.

frontline.thehindu.com

The Brahmos-NG is smaller, lighter and has smarter dimensions and is being designed for deployment on a wider number of modern military platforms.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is establishing a BrahMos manufacturing centre in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. The facility, on 200 acres, will manufacture the new Brahmos-NG (Next Generation) variant of the medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarine, ship, aircraft or land. It will be ready over the next two to three years and is expected to commence production at a rate of 80-100 Brahmos-NG missiles a year.

The manufacturing centre, announced by BrahMos Aerospace, will be a modern, state-of-art facility in the Lucknow node of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor. The foundation stone for the centre, along with that for the Defence Technology and Test Centre (DTTC), was laid by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on December 26.

The Brahmos-NG is smaller, lighter and has smarter dimensions and is being designed for deployment on a wider number of modern military platforms. It will hugely bolster the Indian military’s modern combat capability and flexibility during the next few years.

Commenting on the DTTC, a spokesperson for the Defence Ministry stated: "The first-of-its-kind Defence Technologies and Test Centre, spread over approximately 22 acres is being set up to accelerate the growth of the defence and aerospace manufacturing clusters in Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor. It will consist of six sub-centres — Deep-Tech Innovation and Start up Incubation Centre, Design and Simulation Centre, Testing and Evaluation Centre, Centre for Industry 4.0/Digital Manufacturing, Skill Development Centre and a Business Development Centre."

The DTTC will follow the design-build-test-learn cycle for technology consultancy and hand-holding of deep-tech start-ups and industries. Explained the spokesperson: "The DTTC will facilitate industries through establishing a centralised state-of-the-art technology infrastructure which will accelerate the product development and reduce the induction time & the turnaround time for the futuristic systems development through its six sub-centres."

At the foundation laying ceremony, the Defence Minister said: "At the time of the DTTC’s inauguration, we had estimated an investment of ₹3,732 crore (500 mn USD) . Investment of more than ₹1,400 crore (200 mn USD) has already been received and the process is progressing rapidly."

Zapper · Dec 30, 2021

Nilgiri said:
Manufacturing centre for Brahmos-NG supersonic cruise missile to come up in Lucknow as part of Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor

The Brahmos-NG is smaller, lighter and has smarter dimensions and is being designed for deployment on a wider number of modern military platforms.

frontline.thehindu.com

The Brahmos-NG is smaller, lighter and has smarter dimensions and is being designed for deployment on a wider number of modern military platforms.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is establishing a BrahMos manufacturing centre in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. The facility, on 200 acres, will manufacture the new Brahmos-NG (Next Generation) variant of the medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarine, ship, aircraft or land. It will be ready over the next two to three years and is expected to commence production at a rate of 80-100 Brahmos-NG missiles a year.

The manufacturing centre, announced by BrahMos Aerospace, will be a modern, state-of-art facility in the Lucknow node of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor. The foundation stone for the centre, along with that for the Defence Technology and Test Centre (DTTC), was laid by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on December 26.

The Brahmos-NG is smaller, lighter and has smarter dimensions and is being designed for deployment on a wider number of modern military platforms. It will hugely bolster the Indian military’s modern combat capability and flexibility during the next few years.

Commenting on the DTTC, a spokesperson for the Defence Ministry stated: "The first-of-its-kind Defence Technologies and Test Centre, spread over approximately 22 acres is being set up to accelerate the growth of the defence and aerospace manufacturing clusters in Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor. It will consist of six sub-centres — Deep-Tech Innovation and Start up Incubation Centre, Design and Simulation Centre, Testing and Evaluation Centre, Centre for Industry 4.0/Digital Manufacturing, Skill Development Centre and a Business Development Centre."

The DTTC will follow the design-build-test-learn cycle for technology consultancy and hand-holding of deep-tech start-ups and industries. Explained the spokesperson: "The DTTC will facilitate industries through establishing a centralised state-of-the-art technology infrastructure which will accelerate the product development and reduce the induction time & the turnaround time for the futuristic systems development through its six sub-centres."

At the foundation laying ceremony, the Defence Minister said: "At the time of the DTTC’s inauguration, we had estimated an investment of ₹3,732 crore (500 mn USD) . Investment of more than ₹1,400 crore (200 mn USD) has already been received and the process is progressing rapidly."

Why not just give the production contract to L&T or the likes. Akash AAM and Pinaka are both being produced by private players and since Brahmos-NG will be fielded on all our fighter jets with good potential for exports, private firm is always the better choice with both higher rate of production and quality standards

SavageKing456 · Jan 3, 2022

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1476830304933322752

Very interesting,this should be 5m above the sea!

Nilgiri · Jan 8, 2022

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1479669406229688320

Zapper · Jan 8, 2022

Nilgiri said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1479669406229688320

Something to note is Brahmos-NG is "near hypersonic" and not exactly hypersonic which indicates it'll reach speeds in excess of Mach-4

Brahmos is also developing a fully hypersonic variant dubbed the "Brahmos-II" with an operational range of 1000km and capable of reaching Mach-8

Gary · Jan 8, 2022

80-100 missile/yr is similar to the US usual order of 90 Tomahawk per lot.

Zapper · Jan 9, 2022

Nilgiri said:
It will be ready over the next two to three years and is expected to commence production at a rate of 80-100 Brahmos-NG missiles a year

An annual production rate of 80-100 Brahmos is too low if we're vying for exports as well...not to mention this will also arm pretty much every fighter jet in IAF's inventory and potentially arm the attack helos as well

Nilgiri · Jan 9, 2022

AlphaMike said:
80-100 missile/yr is similar to the US usual order of 90 Tomahawk per lot.

brahmos (regular or NG) is supersonic CM...brahmos 2 will be hypersonic

Subsonic Nirbhay is more the tomahawk equivalent.

Its numbers produced this decade (esp when MANIK engine matures and establishes) remains to be seen, but I would imagine it would be lot higher rate than brahmos family eventually.

Zapper · Jan 9, 2022

Nilgiri said:
Its numbers produced this decade (esp when MANIK engine matures and establishes) remains to be seen, but I would imagine it would be lot higher rate than brahmos family eventually

I believe Nirbhay is a tech demonstrator, not a production variant even though few missiles with the Russian Turbojet engine have been inducted into the forces. Even in the recent interview with ARDE's director, he mentioned that few more tests and evaluations will be needed with GTRE's MANIK engine after which they'll develop a production variant

Nilgiri · Jan 10, 2022

Zapper said:
I believe Nirbhay is a tech demonstrator, not a production variant even though few missiles with the Russian Turbojet engine have been inducted into the forces. Even in the recent interview with ARDE's director, he mentioned that few more tests and evaluations will be needed with GTRE's MANIK engine after which they'll develop a production variant

I just use nirbhay as placeholder name for whatever they end up calling the subsonic manik CM....the production variant as you call it.

They might as well just keep nirbhay for it.

Nilgiri · Jan 11, 2022

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1480812866940784643

Zapper · Jan 11, 2022

Nilgiri said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1480812866940784643

Neither DRDO nor the users officially confirmed what the extended ranges of Brahmos is with speculations ranging from 450-900km based on the variant...this test might be related to this

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1480909208530960386

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