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Well the QRSAM is in user trial phase now. After that its induction. There is no specific number of tests you need to do to get something into service. The important thing is demonstrating all systems/sub-systems irrespective of how many tests it takes. Pinaka is not the best example here. It...

On the list above look at the budget allocated to SWiFT & the budget allocated to the missiles recently tested. Tells you something about priority doesn't it ? You can't get good at something you don't prioritize. Ditto with our small arms development story. How much of Airforce, AD & EW was...

Two back to back successful test trials of Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile. First launch test on 13th Nov proved the Radar and Missile capabilities with direct hit. Today’s test demonstrated the warhead performance on proximity detection. 9th successful test so far.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Aerospace Delivers the first launch hardware for the Indian Spaceflight Program- "Gaganyaan". This is the Middle segment of the world's third-largest solid propellant rocket booster S-200. The rocket motor has been subjected to rigorous testing & has been delivered ahead...

Hard to say. The 1 ton drone isn't separately marked from the smaller ones. In 2018, the then RM Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the following in the Parliament : (The dates are project start date & estimated date of project closure. The last column is money allocated for the projects in...

SWiFT program is not a single drone program. It is about proving the flight laws, automatic take off & landing sequence etc of the GHATAK UCAV. There are at least 3 drones to be used as tech demonstrators. One of which is the NPO Saturn 36MT powered 1ton drone. This is the best we have at the...

Don't know of the cost, but pretty sure it won't be as expensive as the American NVDs.

So SWiFT took its first flight. CLAWS validation flights have commenced a bit late. It was scheduled for August 2020. COVID might be the reason. @Nilgiri @Paro @Zapper et al you guys seen this ? ADA-IISc's remotely piloted aircraft successfully test flown By Hemanth CS Updated: Nov 3, 2020...

More powerful engine & a new propulsion set. Apparently we are going for pump jets in the future. The engine will be a ~200MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor(PHWR) powered by Highly Enriched Uranium(HEU). The current one on the INS Arihant is a 83.5MW PHWR unit. There is currently a land...

All satellites in orbit. All satellites responding well. Solar panel has been deployed. Mission accomplished. Launch photos :

And she is off......

PSLV C-49/EOS-01 launch is tentatively scheduled at 2:25 PM IST tomorrow from First Launch Pad (FLP) of SDSC (SHAR). This is ISRO's first launch this year. The First Launch Pad was set up in the late 80s & began operations in 1993. Thus it doesn't have the universal launcher stand & the modern...

Ooof.....So we are not the only one that sucks at balancing. Why are they still going for it ? Economics ?

This sounds very familiar. I cannot count how many times our leaders have said the same. To some extent it was a good idea, in some other cases not so much. I do hope Indonesia can do better balancing than us. Balancing would also require development of capabilities at home. Indonesia's path to...

Thank you. Excellent questions, I am not sure I can answer them all. Let me try..... As far as I can tell annular combustors are preferable for propellant with no oxidisers. Only the fuel is carried, oxygen is extracted from the intake air. The intake has 2 functions: heat up the air via...

@Nilgiri @Paro Finally managed to finish the Ramjet artillery round article I was writing. Do let me know what you think : https://www.strategicfront.org/research-work-in-ramjet-powered-artillery-shell-the-story-so-far/