Video released by Brahmos corp at defexpo. Contains some new footage, including underwater launch and some good hits.
From the Brahmos pavillion
Airborne Brahmos launcher
Brahmos II scaled down model
Tilted launcher for Brahmos for smaller ships which don’t have space for VLS.
Brahmos and it’s second airborne version for smaller fighters, Brahmos-M
From Defence Update:-
A model of Brahmos M was displayed at Defexpo 14. As the next generation of the current Brahmos, the missile will have reduced dimmensions, lower weight and higher speed, compared to the current BrahMos. It will be three meter shorter, with a diameter 190mm smaller, compared to the Brahmos. Its weight will be 1500kg, about 500 less than Brahmos. Optimized for airborne and tube-launched submarine applications, Brahmos M will have a range of 300 km (290 for Brahmos) and its speed will be increased to 3.5 Mach (2.8 max in Brahmos). The missile will have stealth features to reduce radar signature and will also have improved electronic counter-countermeasures. The new missile could be operational by 2017, on Indian Su-30MKI, MiG-29 and MiG-29K of the Indian Army and Naval Aviation arm.
http://defense-update.com/20140207_defexpo-2014-photo-report-part-ii.html
Various aerostructures and components of Brahmos missile being made by Godrej Aerospace
DRDO’s Low Frequency Dunking Sonar (LFDS) for anti sumbmarine warfare helicopters.
From the guy who took the picture:-
This (LFDS) is good upto a depth of 350 meters. According to the officials this is working on KA 31 and Westland Helicopters. They are trying for Dhruv also.
LFDS on left and Active towed decoy system/passive sensing array Maareech on the right.
Terminal for Maareech System
ABHAY (Compact Hull Mounted Sonar (HMS) System)
ABHAY is an advanced integrated active cum passive sonar system designed for shallow water ASW platforms. It is specifically targeted for installation on smaller platforms such as ASW corvettes, coastal surveillance and patrol vessels. It employs advanced adaptive signal and information processing techniques for detection, tracking & classification of targets. The hardware architecture is based on state of the art open-architecture processor technologies that will enable smooth up-grade of the system capabilities in the future. A compact transducer array, modular front-end signal conditioning hardware and high efficiency switched mode power amplifiers make up the rest of the system.
Rustom II MALE UAV at defexpo.
It seems like all the antennas jutting out from it have been made conformal to the body. The Airframe itself is less boxy now. Compare it with sclae model displayed last defexpo.
Brahmos-M ‘mini’ on display with the standard Brahmos missile. The lighter version is being developed for mid sized fighters (MiG-29, Rafale, Mirage-2000 etc)
Rustom-2 MALE UAV (grainy Chinese style pictures ;)) first flight will be by June.
Ground based 25 Kw Gas Dynamic laser (Aditya) tech demonstrator. (reports say it has been successfully tested against airborne targets)
2014 may also see forward movement in the area of directed energy weapons with Indian efforts in the arena of solid state lasers being unveiled. Much work has already been done in the field of gas dynamic laser(GDL) and chemical oxygen iodine lasers (COIL). For instance enclosed below(see Fig I) is the ‘solid model’ of a 25 kilowatt (KW) vehicle mounted GDL developed by DRDO’s Laser Science and Technology Centre (LASTEC) that has been successfully tested against airborne in the past. The auto laser pointing system used on this ‘transportable’ GDL originally belongs to a 100 KW GDL. Solid state systems with 20 per cent laser efficiency have also been developed.
Courtesy Geek At large blog at CNN IBN
http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/sauravjha/2976/65064/a-new-year-for-drdo.html
Shore Based Test Facility for STOBAR operations has been declared operational. We should see some arrested recoveries by MiG-29K and NLCA in the doming days.
Apparently, it’s been semi-functional for a while now.
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