Guwahati: The Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system was successfully put through six flight tests by India on Thursday off the coast of Odisha.
The flying tests were carried out as a part of Indian Army evaluation trials, according to the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
The flight tests were conducted against high-speed aerial targets in order to assess the weapon systems’ capabilities under various scenarios, including long-range, medium-altitude, short-range, high-altitude manoeuvring targets, low radar signature with receding and crossing targets, and salvo launch with two missiles fired in rapid succession.
The system performance was examined under day and night operation situations. All mission goals were achieved throughout the testing, demonstrating the weapon system’s pinpoint precision and use of cutting-edge guidance and control algorithms, including the warhead chain.
Data from a variety of Range equipment, including Telemetry, Radar, and Electro-Optical Tracking Systems (EOTS) deployed by ITR, have been used to corroborate the system’s performance.
Senior DRDP and Indian Army officers attended the inaugural event.
Additionally, these tests were conducted with the final deployment configuration, which included all indigenously developed sub-systems, such as the missile’s native RF seeker, mobile launch Electro-Optical Tracking System, fully automated command and control system, and surveillance and multi-function Radars.
It was demonstrated during the earlier mobility trials that the QRSAM armament system had the capacity to function on the move with search and track capability and fire on a brief halt.