The air-launch was captured by side and forward looking high speed cameras and the separation was exactly as per the simulation. ASTRA is India's first BVR Air-to-Air Missile indigenously designed and developed by DRDO, possessing high Single Shot Kill Probability (SSKP) making it highly reliable.
Astra is an all aspect, all weather missile with active Radar terminal guidance, excellent ECCM features, smokeless propulsion and process improved effectiveness in multi-target scenario making it a highly advanced, state-of the-art missile.
The
Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri, Secretary Deptt of Defence R&D
and DG, DRDO, Shri Avinash Chander congratulating the team for their
high competence and tenacity to make such an event happen seamlessly
said "Astra's successful launch from the Su30 combat aircraft is a major
step in missile aircraft integration.
Extensive flight testing that has
preceded today's air launch was indeed a joint effort of DRDO and IAF.
This will be followed by launch against actual target shortly. Many more
trials are planned and will be conducted to clear the launch envelope.
Weapon integration with 'Tejas' Light Combat Aircraft will also be done
in the near future."
Dr.
V.G. Sekaran, Director General (MSS) who chaired the Flight Readiness
Review Committee along with Shri. S Som, Director, DRDL, Shri. P
Venugopalan, former Director, DRDL among others, said "This is one of
the proud moments for DRDO and the entire country." Dr. K Tamilmani,
Director General (Aeronautics) who has overlooked the entire
flight
safety in the program said that quality of integration and performance
is of high standards and there was no doubt in the success of the
launch. He further added that this is the beginning of the phase for
demonstration of launch over a wide air-launch envelope.
The Project
Director Dr. S. Venugopal said that "the Air Launch of ASTRA was perfect
in all respect and is a culmination of years of effort by a very
dedicated and competent team of the Missile Complex, Hyderabad, CEMILAC
and Indian Air Force. HAL carried out the modification in Su-30 along
with IAF specialists, and many Indian industries have an important and
enabling role in the production of reliable avionics, propulsion system,
materials, airframe and software passing stringent airworthiness
requirements for the missile."
The missiles have undergone rigorous
testing on Su30 in the captive mode for avionics integration and Seeker
evaluation in 2013. The project has thus reached the final stage of
testing and evaluation, and the Mk-II variant with higher range
capability is also planned to be tested by the end of 2014.
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