DRDO & Indian Navy Successfully Conduct Flight-Trials of First-of-Its-Kind Naval Anti-Ship (NASM-SR) Missile

Defence Analysis & Growth Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy carried out profitable flight-trials of first-of-its-kind Naval Anti-Ship missile (NASM-SR) from Built-in Take a look at Vary (ITR), Chandipur on February 25, 2025. The trials demonstrated the missile’s functionality towards ship targets whereas launched from an Indian Naval SeaKing Helicopter.

The trials have confirmed the missile’s Man-in-Loop characteristic and scored a direct hit on a small ship goal in sea-skimming mode at its most vary. The missile makes use of an Indigenous Imaging Infra-Crimson Seeker for terminal steerage. The mission additionally has demonstrated the excessive bandwidth two manner datalink system, which is used to transmit the seeker stay pictures again to the pilot for in-flight retargeting.

The missile was launched in Bearing-only Lock-on after launch mode with a number of targets in shut neighborhood for choosing one amongst them. The missile initially locked on to a big goal inside a specified zone of search and through the terminal section, the pilot chosen a smaller hidden goal leading to its being hit with pinpoint accuracy.

The missile makes use of an indigenous Fibre Optic Gyroscope-based INS and Radio Altimeter for its Mid-course steerage, an Built-in avionics module, Electro-Mechanical actuators for Aerodynamic and Jet vane management, thermal batteries and PCB warhead. It makes use of stable propulsion with an in-line ejectable booster and a long-burn sustainer. The trials have met all of the mission goals.

The missile is developed by totally different labs of DRDO together with Analysis Centre Imarat, Defence Analysis and Growth Laboratory, Excessive Power Supplies Analysis Laboratory and Terminal Ballistics Analysis Laboratory. The missiles are at present being produced by Growth cum Manufacturing Companions with the assistance of MSME’s, start-ups and different manufacturing companions.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has congratulated DRDO, Indian Navy and the industries for the profitable flight assessments. The assessments for Man-in-Loop options is exclusive because it provides the potential of in flight retargeting, he mentioned.

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