Chennai-based Consortium Achieves Successful Test Firing of Indigenous 80mm Unguided Rocket

In a major boost to India's domestic defence capabilities, a consortium led by TridenTech Engineering Pvt Ltd has successfully conducted the test firing of an indigenously developed 80mm unguided rocket.

The consortium, which includes TridenTech Engineering, IIT Madras, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Research and Analysis Laboratory (RAL), and BILVA Technologies, pooled their expertise to design, develop, and manufacture the rocket. TridenTech Engineering played a central role, leading the project from conceptualization and design to production and testing.

IIT Madras, under the guidance of Prof. Ramakrishna, provided crucial academic and research support, leveraging its expertise in rocketry and propulsion systems. BEL, represented by Abhishek Hegde, contributed its extensive experience in defense electronics and systems integration.

RAL and BILVA Technologies further strengthened the collaboration with their specialized knowledge in materials research, control systems, and propulsion mechanics.

The successful test firing validated the rocket's fundamental design, stability, and performance parameters. This 80mm unguided rocket is intended to fulfill the Indian military's need for a cost-effective, easily deployable, and scalable rocket system for various combat scenarios.

While unguided, these rockets offer effective area suppression capabilities, particularly valuable in situations requiring saturation fire.

This achievement lays the groundwork for further development and refinement. Future efforts will focus on enhancing the rocket's payload capacity, range, and accuracy, potentially including the integration of guidance systems.

The consortium aims to conduct more rigorous testing to assess the rocket's performance under various operational conditions, including accuracy, payload flexibility, and deployment speed.

This successful test firing not only demonstrates the consortium's capability to produce high-quality indigenous rocket systems tailored to India's defence needs but also paves the way for future advancements in rocket technology and strengthens India's position in the global defense arena.

 

[abhinav srivastava]

Range?

 

[The Presence]

Range?

6 Km.

 

[Kira]

6 Km.

So not much practical use cases.

 

[Adii]

So not much practical use cases.

you are going to use this right? or you are on the decission making board and strategic command committe of IAF/Army. There are people out there doing their own research, brain storming and developing something but sad they will now see ur comment of no practical use cases. They will be really hurt.

 

[Dredd]

So not much practical use cases.

these are helicopter launched rockets, 6km is usual range for this class of weapons. This is Line of sight target weapon, we have different weapon for NLOS, targets,

 

[Dredd]

Wondering why DRDO or DPSU didn't develop any 70mm/80mm rockets till now.

 

[Spectre]

you are going to use this right? or you are on the decission making board and strategic command committe of IAF/Army. There are people out there doing their own research, brain storming and developing something but sad they will now see ur comment of no practical use cases. They will be really hurt.

He's not entirely wrong to question this though. 6km for rocket artillery is quite less for modern warfare. These days engagements happen over the horizon.
Still I think it might have some use for defensive scenarios like defending your base from incoming enemy forces where you can fire a barrage of these rockets to stop them in their tracks.
For attack roles idk how useful this will be, because enemy forces will have longer range artillery which will start engaging you long before you can move these rockets close enough to engage them.

 

[Kira]

these are helicopter launched rockets, 6km is usual range for this class of weapons. This is Line of sight target weapon, we have different weapon for NLOS, targets,

Are these helicopter launched ones though?
Or Grad style rockets?

 

[Shiva]

This is really a unique kind of development.
Till now, we see, Indian Govt orders for some specification and then industry develops it with huge cost.
Here, it is a scientific work, that too by IITians.
They will think it as a science project and think in all possible directions for extension.
It is like Russian work.
They develops everything as science and work in all possible directions and does not matter to them whether it is waste of money and effort or what is the demand from Government.

This kind of work, with an emphasis of cheapest possible solution, will definitely pave a way for new findings very much valuable to the three forces to make it war ready

 

[tipoo2]

So not much practical use cases.

Range isn't the end all be all of all rockets, two simple among dozens more considerations are weight for fuel carry, and how energetic it is for threat avoidance is also usually a tradeoff with range

For this class of rockets this is a very normal figure. It's not an Agni, and good luck carrying an Agni on a man lol

 

[The Presence]

He's not entirely wrong to question this though. 6km for rocket artillery is quite less for modern warfare. These days engagements happen over the horizon.
Still I think it might have some use for defensive scenarios like defending your base from incoming enemy forces where you can fire a barrage of these rockets to stop them in their tracks.
For attack roles idk how useful this will be, because enemy forces will have longer range artillery which will start engaging you long before you can move these rockets close enough to engage them.

Himalayan terrain masks an aircraft good enough to do surprise rocket attacks.

 

[Leo red]

Good start 😁 now start making precision weapons for drones and helicopters. Car mounted and manually launched rockets. Afghans are expert in mountain war for this get them online. Load tons of rockets in mountain against pakistan aim straight at their bases and bunkers. Also load it on water boat swern drones. It can be useful in long range blockade.

 

[Kadiwa Reyes]

He's not entirely wrong to question this though. 6km for rocket artillery is quite less for modern warfare. These days engagements happen over the horizon.
Still I think it might have some use for defensive scenarios like defending your base from incoming enemy forces where you can fire a barrage of these rockets to stop them in their tracks.
For attack roles idk how useful this will be, because enemy forces will have longer range artillery which will start engaging you long before you can move these rockets close enough to engage them.

True, south Korea donated to us similar system at 20km they decommissioned because it's range is outdated. And since we don't have such system to us it's not outdated.

 

[Dredd]

Are these helicopter launched ones though?
Or Grad style rockets?

Could be both, grad style will have range of 20km

 

[Praveen Chandra Misra]

After going through everyone's opinion above, I think these are not for our use.These are to be sold to suitable customers/countries engaged in petty skirmishes and civil wars. Maybe some research gave them the current demand for these kinds of rockets.

 

[Amol Tope]

Great news since start ups are allowed to enter defence area in India. Let's hope that this will lead to thriving ecosystem for innovation like Israel's defence start up ecosystem. Govt labs have limitations on innovation. Start-ups have sky is the limit for innovations.