DRDO’s Laser Guided ATGM Flight Tested Successfully

BrahMos Missile with Extended Range Successfully Flight Tested

BrahMos surfaceto-surface supersonic cruise missile featuring indigenous Booster and Airframe Section along with many other ‘Made in India’ sub-systems was successfully flight tested to an extended range from ITR, Balasore in Odisha. It is a major step in enhancing the indigenous content.The missile is capable of hitting targets at more than 400-km range.

The BrahMos LandAttack Cruise Missile (LACM) was cruising at a top speed of Mach 2.8. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated all the personnel of DRDO and team BrahMos for the spectacular mission. Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary DD R&D and Chairman DRDO congratulated the scientific community and industry for this feat.

This successful launch has paved the way for the serial production of the indigenous booster and other indigenous components of the powerful BrahMos Weapon System realising Atmanirbhar Bharat pledge.

DRDO’s Laser Guided ATGM Flight Tested Successfully

The indigenously developed Laser Guided Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) was successfully test fired defeating a target located at longer range. The test was conducted from MBT Arjun at KK ranges (ACC&S) Ahmednagar in continuation of successful trial done on 22nd September.

The ATGM employs a tandem HEAT warhead to defeat Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) protected armoured vehicles in ranges from 1.5 to 5 km. It has been developed with multiple platform launch capability and is currently undergoing technical evaluation trials from 120 mm rifled gun of MBT Arjun.

This Laser Guided Missile has been developed by Armament R&D Establishment (ARDE), Pune in association with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune and Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO for this successful feat. Secretary DD R&D and Chairman DRDO D. G Satheesh Reddy congratulated DRDO personnel for this achievement which paves the way for Atmanirbhar Bharat pledge of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

GRSE Launched the Portable (Assault) Bridge

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers through its Bailey Bridge division has designed and developed a new “Portable (Assault) Bridge”. This bridge is made of Carbon Fibre Polymer Composite Material and can be used by pedestrians & light vehicles.

Apart from shipbuilding & ship repair, GRSE is the only Defence Shipyard to have diversified into Engineering Business with a product profile of Pre-fabricated Steel Bridges. Bailey Bridge Unit of the shipyard is engaged in designing, developing and installing bailey bridges to far flung areas& terrain in India and abroad having delivered over 5300 Bailey Bridges to Indian Army, BRO, Central and State PWDs and also friendly neighbourhood countries like Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

The features and advantages of this new assault bridge is that, it has a span of 30 ft (9.15 m), width of 2.10 m and weight of 336 kg. It also has a load capacity of IRC-6, 400 kg/sqm (Foot Bridge) & 1.10 MT of ATV.The bridge is Man – Portable and reusable using Crew of 10-12.

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers has been at the forefront of the nation’s maritime progress aimed towards self reliance in the sixty years since its inception in 1960 with the delivery of the first Indigenous warship of independent India in 1961, INS Ajay, a Seaward Defence Boat for the Indian Navy. The shipyard has delivered 105 warships to the Indian Maritime Forces, the highest deliveries by any shipyard in the country, till date.

GRSE has undertaken major modernisation of infrastructure at its Main Unit with modular integrated construction technology. Celebrating the “Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan”, a State-of-theArt Modern Hull Block Complex and Indigenous Underwater CNC Plasma Cutting Facility was virtually inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Rajabagan Dockyard Unit of GRSE on 10 Aug 2020 to augment the existing infrastructure at the Main Unit of the shipyard.Thus a step towards concurrent construction of 24 ships from the existing capacity of 20 has been initiated. GRSE has a dedicated, multi disciplinary, strong Design Team which is continuously working towards developing various concept designs for ships, deck machinery items and pre fabricated bridges that can cater to the current and future requirement of its existing and prospective customers in India and friendly foreign countries.