DRDO and PSU's

[vampyrbladez]

K-Pop BrahMos currently is advanced testing

Add the French-UK Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapons (FC/ASW) to the list as well. I am pretty sure many buyers of EU frigate design would be offered the same as a 'combo'.

It was a high supersonic missile, Mach 3+, and included two independently guided effectors ejected from the payload module.

https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/06/future-cruise-anti-ship-weapon-fc-asw/#FCASW_Capabilities

Over the last 12 months, weapon assessment phase activities have included a first TP15 “ultra” Low Observable [LO] subsonic prototype missile undergoing “extreme” RF trials, and wind tunnel propulsion system testing of a RJ10 supersonic variant, according to MBDA executives speaking to media at the Euronaval trade show in Paris.

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/11...ship-missile-stealth-and-wind-tunnel-testing/

I think Indonesia was initially offered to be a part of the FCASW program before switching to the BrahMos missile due to cost and technological maturity concerns.

It is reported that Indonesian frigates of this type will be large ships with a total displacement of up to 8000 tons and a maximum length of 138.7 m and a width of 19.8 m, with a diesel main power plant consisting of four diesel engines with a capacity of 9100 kW each. The maximum speed will be 28 knots, and the cruising range will be up to 9,000 miles at 18 knots. The main armament of the ships, according to RT PAL, will consist of 32 vertical launchers of long-range anti-aircraft guided missiles, 24 vertical launchers of medium-range anti-aircraft guided missiles and 16 vertical launchers of anti-ship and/or cruise missiles. Presumably, it is planned to use Aster 15/30 anti-aircraft missiles and Russian-Indian supersonic anti-ship missiles BrahMos.

https://vpk.name/en/764608_the-lead...arrowhead-140-project-has-been-laid-down.html

This could also be a mirror deployment since the Koreans are very close to deploying the Hyunmoo 4-4 missile, based on the P-800 Yakhont (~ Mach 3)

Regarding the future proofing of a technological edge in ASW, India seems to be independently developing the BrahMos 2 per recent scramjet test (> Mach 6) for 120 seconds instead of an expensive ToT deal for Zircon missiles.

DRDL recently developed these technologies and demonstrated a cutting-edge Active Cooled Scramjet Combustor ground test for 120 seconds for the first time in India

Several nations including USA, Russia, India and China are actively pursuing Hypersonic technology. The key to hypersonic vehicles is Scramjets, which are air breathing engines capable of sustaining combustion at supersonic speeds without using any moving parts.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2094886

Meanwhile we have the ultimate carrier killer LRAshM (>Mach 8, 1500 Km+) meant for deployment on larger VLS on Project 18 NGD and/or S5/S5+ SSBN.

 

[ArjunMK1A]

LoL, with all due respect, perhaps I may have beaten you in this game, I was in 9th std when in some junk aero show I had asked ADA or HAL babu when kaveri and LCA will be ready in quite a sarcastic voice, and he had with a huge sheepish smile and in a condesecending tone (like how gernails berate us on X) told me that golden mantra - "soon". Now I am 40yrs old, and here we are ! What ?

Average DFBian life cycle with respect to Kaveri Program.

 

[fire starter]

View: https://x.com/AdithyaKM_/status/1883849209784455521?t=CMSQy_f0K_fYN6Mopi7VcQ&s=19

 

[ezsasa]

View: https://x.com/AdithyaKM_/status/1883849209784455521?t=CMSQy_f0K_fYN6Mopi7VcQ&s=19

HAL is putting their on money on this? or IAF is funding partially or fully?

 

[Corvus Splendens]

IDDM, along with their competition during trials.
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That Flyer ITV was trialed back in 2008.

 

[Ayan Barat]

Sorry Kamat Sir

 

[Bleh]

Sorry Kamat Sir
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Who all are going to Aero-India 2025 from DFB this year?

 

[aspdeepak]

Average DFBian life cycle with respect to Kaveri Program.

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Sad truth some of our members won't be there for AMCA mass production... By the time HAL reaches serial production... World would have already adopted 7th gen...

 

[Nationalist Papa]

Who all are going to Aero-India 2025 from DFB this year?

I know a few people who might go. Not sure tho

 

[shade2]

Pictures are from screen grabs of Adani Defense & Aerospace videos for those wondering


View: https://x.com/Ray70409890/status/1883937834652033295


View: https://x.com/Ray70409890/status/1883936275985797384

Gaurav is an absolute unit


View: https://x.com/Ray70409890/status/1883935682936418591

Source videos of these grabs


View: https://x.com/AdaniDefence/status/1883356729058205899

Gobi's best friend using his dimaag and hiring veterans for management roles


View: https://x.com/AdaniDefence/status/1883196293683793987

 

[KAB7777]

Sorry Kamat Sir
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What’s your @ on X if you don’t mind sharing?

 

[Ayan Barat]

What’s your @ on X if you don’t mind sharing?

Arre it's not a functional account Bhai, just a burner to see all the e-lafdas. Like my recent favorites are that of a guy named Aditya going toe to toe with Mons Rattus.

@Arihant Roy
"Its unique arrangement of four thrusters mounted on the circumference of the airframe is unique among all MANPADs in the world."
May I present to you the Swedish RBS-70

What's indeed unique in VSHORAD is the reason it uses this. In other systems like RBS-70 this is used as the rear portion houses the laser receiver for its SACLOS guidance, where if you have a conventional exhaust then you can't have a receiver and if you don't direct the plumes away from its body then the smoke would blind the receiver from getting guidance commands from the launcher. But VSHORAD is an IIR guided fire-n-forget missile, you don't need all these.
The most probable reason because of which VSHORAD follows this schema is that it's more or less a NAG; with the primary difference being scaling down to 90mm from 150mm.

 

[Corvus Splendens]

Pictures are from screen grabs of Adani Defense & Aerospace videos for those wondering


View: https://x.com/Ray70409890/status/1883937834652033295


View: https://x.com/Ray70409890/status/1883936275985797384

Gaurav is an absolute unit


View: https://x.com/Ray70409890/status/1883935682936418591

Source videos of these grabs


View: https://x.com/AdaniDefence/status/1883356729058205899

Gobi's best friend using his dimaag and hiring veterans for management roles


View: https://x.com/AdaniDefence/status/1883196293683793987

Will make my day if true

 

[NerVik]

Will make my day if true
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What is C ram?

 

[Zoid Raptor]

What is C ram?

 

[NerVik]

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This looks like it's a pure gatling cannon, what's the relation to the VSHORADS?

 

[RocketMan]

Average DFBian life cycle with respect to Kaveri Program.

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I've been a lurker in DFI since i was in class XI following the Tejas thread . I'm a specialist now(MD) & there's still no support for our LCA by Imported Airforce. Would I be able to see fully indigenous arms inventory before I kick the bucket ?

 

[randombully]

I've been a lurker in DFI since i was in class XI following the Tejas thread . I'm a specialist now(MD) & there's still no support for our LCA by Imported Airforce. Would I be able to see fully indigenous arms inventory before I kick the bucket ?

2040-2045 tak.

 

[Nutcracker]

View: https://x.com/CNBCTV18Live/status/1883725530979242464

click bait title.
Real title on website-

₹3,800 crore missile deal between India and Indonesia in advance stages​

 

[Hawkeye]

Does anybody has an informed guess on the real range of pralay. Hard to believe that it's range is around 400-500km mark. It's a huge missile whose fuel loading itself is around the weight of a whole single iskander missile.