Agni V

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Agni-V with rage more than 5000 km will be test fired with in a year. It will be a canisterised, road mobile and MIRV capable missile. It will be same as Agni-III with an extra third stage and additional composite structures.

Agni-V to be tested in a year: DRDO

2010-02-10 20:20:00

With Agni-III all set for induction after three successful trials, India is gearing up to test its 5,000-km range Agni-V ballistic missile in a year’s time, a senior Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) official said Wednesday.

The Agni-V has moved out of the drawing board and currently the technical evaluation of the sub-system is being carried out, DRDO chief and scientific advisor to defence minister V.K. Saraswat said.

‘The first launch will be in an year’s time then couple of tests and then we can think of induction. We are confident that the building blocks (for the Agni-III missiles) are in fairly matured stage,’ Saraswat told reporters here.

The three-stage missile will be similar to Agni-III in design and diameter, with its length five metres more than it.

‘Agni-III design is frozen… Agni-V has crossed material cutting stage and subsystem testing is going on. Agni-V is derivative of Agni-III. Practically it is the same missile but it is five metres longer and one tonne heavier. Its navigation system is same.

‘Sixty percent missile is available and we are just adding another stage. It will be a three-stage missile and it is the first time we will be building a three-stage missile,’ Saraswat added.

Agni-III, with its range of 3,500 km, is ready for induction after successful trial conducted by the Strategic Forces Command Feb 7.

Programme director Avinash Chander said: ‘Agni-III has completed three successful trials. Now we can start doing the induction process. It is 100 percent indigenous with more than 80 percent coming from the industries.‘

Saraswat said the technology of Agni-III is better than China.

‘Agni-III technology-wise is better than China. Accuracy is better,’ Saraswat added.

Both stages of Agni-III are powered by solid propellants. It is 17 metres long, has a diameter of two metres and a launch weight of 50 tonnes. It can carry payloads weighing 1.5 tonnes.

While the first flight of Agni-III July 9, 2006 failed, its second and third test flights April 12, 2007 and May 7, 2008 were successful.

http://sify.com/news/5-000-km-range-Agni-V-to-be-tested-in-a-year-DRDO-news-National-kckuuhbccbe.html

India ready to testfire 5,000km range Agni-V within a year
PTI
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 20:47 IST

New Delhi: India today said it will testfire the over 5,000km range nuclear-capable Agni-V surface to surface ballistic missile “within a year”, enabling it to bring all the possible targets in China and Pakistan within its striking radius.

The test-firing of the Agni-V missile will also help India to join the elite club on nations with the capability to produce Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), DRDO chief VK Saraswat said here.

“Agni-V is a 5,000 km plus missile in the ICBM category and we are planning to carry out its first test within a year,” he told reporters here.

Saraswat said, “after Agni III and Agni V, as far as cities in China and Pakistan are concerned, there will be no target that we want to hit but can’t hit.”

Comparing the Agni-III with Chinese 2,500km range DF-21 and DF-25, Agni programme Director Avinash Chander said in terms of “accuracy and technology-wise”, the indigenous missiles were better than the ones in the neighbourhood.

Commenting on the Agni-V, the DRDO chief said the “missile was already out of the drawing boards.”

He said the missile would be capable of being launched from canisters, which will help it to be launched from multiple platforms.

With certain modifications, canister launchers enable ballistic missiles to be fired from ships and other moving platforms.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_india-ready-to-testfire-5000km-range-agni-v-within-a-year_1346125

India develops electronic intelligence tech for surveillance
Press Trust of India / Bangalore February 9, 2010, 15:05 IST

Director of Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) U K Revankar said the DRDO lab has developed new electronic warfare system for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas and it would be tested shortly.

Defence scientists are also working on technologies to intercept and jam network of satellite phones. “That project is going on. Within a year, it will be ready,” an official said.

India has also developed a “penetration aid” that allows its aircraft to penetrate into enemy territory “without being identified by any of the radars,” sources said.

As part of counter-measures against hostile missiles, a consortium comprising of Bharat Electronics Limited, DLRL, DARE and Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) has been formed to develop systems to divert missiles from various platforms.

“There are a large number of helicopters which require radar warning receivers and also missile approach warning system for helicopters,” a defence official said.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-develops-electronic-intelligence-tech-for-surveillance/85331/on

ISRO to launch Defence Satellite: Scientist
10 February 2010 – 02:25:50 IST

Bangalore: Indian Defence Research Agencies, including DRDO were working out to develop a Communication Intelligence Satellite, module, for Indian Arm Forces for Surveillance in its borders, Dr U K Revankar, Director Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), said here today.

Speaking to newsmen Dr Revankar said that the Communication Satellite ‘Comtel’ would be launched by Indian Space Agency, ISRO in the next four to five years.

He said the Satellite module, which would be developed in co-ordination with the all the Indian Defence Research Agencies including DRDO would serve Indian Arm Forces to gather Intelligence captivities in the International border.

He said that the proposed Satellite would be place din the skies with the Low Orbit distance of about 500 KM would not only intercept communication but also pick up Radar based signature.

http://www.sahilonline.org/english/news.php?catID=statenews&nid=7414&viewed=0

Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) India is set to develop a dedicated network-centric communication intelligence satellite for detecting conversations and espionage activities in the region, a top defence scientist said Tuesday.
“We are in the process of designing and developing a spacecraft fitted with an intelligent sensor that will pick up conversations and communications across the borders,” Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) director G. Bhoopathy told reporters here.

The Rs.100 crore (Rs.10 billion) satellite will be developed in partnership with the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and launched in the lower earth orbit – about 500 km above the earth – on board the polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km north-east of Chennai.

“The satellite fitted with the electronic sensor will be more powerful than the remote sensing satellites (IRSA) of ISRO. The spacecraft should be ready for launch by 2014,” Bhoopathy said on the margins of a preview on the first international conference on electronic warfare (EWCI 2010).

The Hyderabad-based DLRL, which functions under the aegis of state-run Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), is also developing a border network-centric electronic warfare sensor for surveillance on the Indian borders in the mountain range and desert areas.

“The electronic warfare (EW) sensor will be located on the mountain range facing Pakistan, China, Nepal and the northeast to detect troop or vehicular movement across the borders. Some of the sensors can also be deployed in the plains or desert for monitoring the ground situation in border areas,” Bhoopathy said.

Code-named “Divya Drushti” (foresight), the radars will be installed on the mountain tops from December this year onwards.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/india-to-build-intelligent-satellite-for-surveillance_100317395.html

Its an old discussion in many forums, but if your own country won’t buy from you, how would DRDO get the chance to go up the value chain ? This used to happen in software too, even now but a little less. Indian enterprises won’t buy indian products because they are not as shiny. Eventually a US company would buy out the indian IP rights, put some shine and brand and sell it to indian companies at 4 times the original cost.

I can see PAK-FA arrangement with Russia can be good for india, but not at the cost of killing our own development efforts. The military has to be told that X percent of their budget can only be used to buy indigenous systems, whether they like it nor not.

Forget desi DRDO! Some years back the Indian Army did a field trials of artilleries from UK/Sweden, Singapore, Israel and South Africa but none of them were able to fulfill their requirements. Until recently when the Army was facing serious shortage of artilleries and rapid modernizations by PLA and PA forced them to directly buy ‘US labeled’ F777 from BAE.

Indian military have some phobia to accept Indian products. They want to every product that everyone can sell. In this case Indian Navy doing better job and the Indian Army is worst.

The officers may sign a deal with HAL to buy desi Tejas but in mind they dream about riding onboard F-22 or F-35!! Sigh! 😮

Agni-3 test successful: missile flies 3500 km

DRDO PRESS RELEASE: 7th Feb 10

The Indian long range missile AGNI3 with a range capability of 3500km is flight tested successfully by DRDO at 10:50 am from the Wheeler Island, in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha. The AGNI-3 Missile tested for the full range, hit the target with pinpoint accuracy and met all the mission objectives. Two down range ships located near the target have tracked and witnessed the Missile reaching the target accurately.

The Marker Pen like AGNI-3 Missile is 17 meters long with 2 metres in diameter. The Missile is a two stage solid propellant system with a pay load capability of 1.5 tons. During the course of flight the Missile reached a peak height of 350 kms and re-entered into the atmosphere successfully tolerating the skin temperatures of nearly 3000 degree Celsius.

The missile is equipped with a state of the art computer system, navigated with a most advanced Navigation system and guided with an innovative guidance scheme. The Navigation system used for guidance is first of its kind. 😎 Number of Radars and electro optical tracking systems along the coast of Odisha have monitored the path of the Missile and evaluated all the parameters in realtime.

The launch is part of the pre-induction trial. Indian Army (the user) has carried out the total launch operations guided by the DRDO scientists. Now the Missile system will be fully inducted into the armed forces.

Mission Director Sri Avinash Chander and Project Director Dr V.G. Sekaran have guided and controlled the complete Missile integration and launch activities. Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri and Director General, DRDO Dr V.K. Saraswat has over seen the total launch operations.

Dr V.K. Saraswat and Sri Avinash Chander congratulated all the Scientists and employees of DRDO and the industry partners.

http://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2010/02/agni-3-test-successful-missile-flies.html

According to this source Barak-2 LR-SAM for the air force has a range between 120 – 350 km!! I thought it was 70 km. All together Barak-2, LR-SAM, MR-SAM, Barak-NG, Barak-8 are like khichdi! :confused:

http://www.8ak.in/8ak_india_defence_news/2010/02/barak2-lrsam-maiden-flight-later-this-year.html

kid….u have a lot to learn.

50% development cost of what???…:p

80% of Brahmos…..what?? :p

100% of FGFA …… well the thing thats likely to be 100% Indian on FGFA might be its Pilot, paint etc…. etc, others will be either locally produced with ToT from diferent manufacturers..

Brahmos = Yakhont with Indian paint…. hard to digest?? not my problem. But the reality is that allmost the entire Indian missile development which was plauged with guidance problem suddenly started getting better result after the deal for Brahmos was signed. So hope u won’t repeat what morons says — Brahmos is Yakhont with Intelligent brains, as if Russians never knew abt those stuffs. For a start – Russians were playing with “intelligence” in their missiles decades before West came up with the now widely used fancy term “Artificial intelligence”….

Russians have been the masters with software and the world depends on them for the system with high demands — Soyuz, ISS command module, Rocket engines etc…… even the Europeans did not trust their Arine rocket for the very first launch of their prestegious GALILEO satellite…..Its Russians who launched it for them.

A question for u —- is Saras 100% Indian or even an Indian design???

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Its really funny to see How PAK-FA have suddenly become an Indian project and how much we contributed, when the reality is that we probably have not yet paid a single paise for the project, let alone any material contribution.

A word for the stupid Russians —- get hold of the fact that U are not a socialist country and its a Capitalist world now. And rules of Capitalism include – first & foremost – making gains for self! Its a self-centered world now, India is no exception. Think only in terms of PROFIT, PROFIT & only PROFIT. Any transfer of critical Technology or even integration of outside stuffs, means REDUCING your own PROFIT in addition to compromising the technology & characteristics to ur opponents (Amrikka, west), endangering ur own National security!

Your entire post specially comparing Russian space capabilities with Europeans and Brahmos indictaes that you are new a fanboy!

Child, if you were in you than you could easily understand that India is spending same as Russia for development of Sukhoi PAK FA T-50. No, its not 80% but 100% of the Brahmos are made in India. Brahmos was developed from scratch in India as a joint venture after Russia failed to develop Yakhont. Its because of Indian+Russian technology that makes Brahmos better than other comparable AShMs.

Talking about space, everyone knows that Russia is way ahead of Europe in terms of space capabilities so there is no point of comparing them!

India does not claim Saras as 100% Indian but it is developed and made in India… just like Superjet 100!

Now a days every country except USA wants JV… Russia and India are just two of them!