Production of QR-SAM to start within six months for induction in Indian Army

[walterbibikow]

By Kaushik Bhattacharya
The indigenously developed Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile Weapon System (QRSAM) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be inducted in Indian Armed Forces soon.
“The missile system has completed all trials and the production is likely to start within six months after getting green signal from the Ministry of Defence,” Mahesh Sahu, Senior Technical Officer, DRDO told ‘The Hitavada’.
DRDO and Indian Army successfully flight-tested six rounds of the indigenously developed weapon system from a canister mounted on a rotatable truck-based launch platform in all-weather scenario, said Sahu. The QRSAM weapon system is capable of surveillance, target acquisition and tracking while on move and fire on short halts, being developed for Area Air Defence.

DRDO displayed a model of QRSAM in the 108th Indian Science Congress underway in Nagpur from January 3 to 7.
“It is one of the most advanced QRSAM weapon systems in the world. Indian Army has already shown interest in this weapon system,” said the scientist.
“The weapon system performance was also evaluated under day and night operation scenarios and demonstrated its capabilities. All the mission objectives were met, establishing pin-point accuracy of the weapon system with state-of-the-art guidance and control algorithms, including warhead chain,” he added. The missile system comprises of fully automated command and control system, active array battery surveillance radar, active array battery multi-function radar and launcher.

Both radars are four-walled having 360-degree coverage with search-on-move and track-on-move capability. Earlier, the acquisition programme of QRSAM faced multiple issues, including poor response from vendors and re-tendering, to avoid single source acquisition. In the meanwhile, a DRDO project to develop this missile was sanctioned in July 2014 with a budget of Rs 476.43 crore. The missile system was developed in association with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Bharat Dynamics Limited with both firms participating in development and manufacturing

Production of QRSAM to start within six months for induction in Indian Army

By Kaushik BhattacharyaThe indigenously developed Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile Weapon System (QRSAM) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be inducted in Indian Armed Forces soon. “The missile

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[Skull and Bones]

Nice. We also need vehicle mounted MANPADs as a short range solution.

 

[walterbibikow]

Nice. We also need vehicle mounted MANPADs as a short range solution.

Expecting induction of QRSAM, VL-SRSAM & Akash Prime in 2023-24 followed by mass production orders in 2024-25

All 3 coupled with existing Akash 1S & Spyder Air Defences would greatly improve our Armed Forces Short Range Air Defence preparedness

 

[migflug]

Expecting induction of QRSAM, VL-SRSAM & Akash Prime in 2023-24 followed by mass production orders in 2024-25

All 3 coupled with existing Akash 1S & Spyder Air Defences would greatly improve our Armed Forces Short Range Air Defence preparedness

Expecting induction of QRSAM, VL-SRSAM & Akash Prime in 2023-24 followed by mass production orders in 2024-25

All 3 coupled with existing Akash 1S & Spyder Air Defences would greatly improve our Armed Forces Short Range Air Defence preparedness

I am aware of the distinctions among them, but still there are too many types in the similar range. Must standardize on one/two of types and mass produce them!!

 

[Faceless]

Honestly speaking legacy akash and akash 1S are obsolete systems and should only be used to protect civilian infrastructure like oil refineries and nuclear plants.
Heck, if possible we should sell those 2nd hand systems to other poor countries in Africa at a discounted price.
And use that money to buy army version of vlsrsam which offers better range, better coverage (360° due to vertical launch) better handling (due to being cannisterised) and logistics and above all commonality among all 3 sevices.
No powerful military in the world uses such systems anymore.

 

[Skull and Bones]

I am aware of the distinctions among them, but still there are too many types in the similar range. Must standardize on one/two of types and mass produce them!!

Not really, MR-SAM is active guidance based, while Akash is beam riding.

 

[SQ8]

QR-SAM can probably take over the SHORAD for IBG formations if a tracked version on the Bhishma chassis is developed

 

[Tornado23]

Now the MIL Mi17 pilots have a new SAM to fear

 

[walterbibikow]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1618526311420682246

 

[Hecig]

Our Missile defense is getting impenetrable by the day. Good work by DRDO.

 

[Lava820]

QRSAM completed all Trials, Order soon: BEL CMD – Indian Defence Research Wing

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[Raj-Hindustani]

QRSAM completed all Trials, Order soon: BEL CMD – Indian Defence Research Wing

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Finally, great for our Indian defence.

 

[Hellfire2006]

We need it urgently for our strike corps, they're still equipped with tunguska systems which although are effective but also slowly becoming obsoleslete.