India's 1000kg Long-Range GAURAV Glide Bomb Reaches Low Rate Initial Production, a Critical Step Before Full-Scale Manufacturing for IAF

Adani Defence, a major player in India's defence manufacturing sector, has announced a significant step forward in the nation's air-to-ground strike capabilities.

The Long-Range Glide Bomb (LRGB), named GAURAV, has successfully transitioned to the Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) phase. This achievement indicates that the bomb is nearing its final stages of development before being fully integrated into the Indian Air Force (IAF).

GAURAV is an indigenously designed and developed 1,000 kg class glide bomb, capable of precisely striking targets at considerable distances. After being released from an aircraft, GAURAV navigates to its target using a sophisticated hybrid navigation system that combines INS (Inertial Navigation System) and GPS (Global Positioning System) data. This system ensures accuracy even in situations where GPS signals are jammed or unavailable, a crucial capability in modern warfare.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) oversaw the development of GAURAV, with the Research Centre Imarat (RCI) in Hyderabad leading the project. The move to LRIP demonstrates confidence in the bomb's design, performance, and reliability, paving the way for mass production and induction into India's defence arsenal.

The LRIP phase will focus on further testing and integration of GAURAV with various IAF aircraft. This will ensure the bomb's compatibility and effectiveness across different platforms. This crucial phase will also allow for fine-tuning the manufacturing process and rigorous quality checks to ensure the bomb can be mass-produced without compromising performance or safety.

This development is a significant boost to India's domestic defence industry and its efforts to achieve self-reliance in defence technology. GAURAV is expected to significantly enhance the IAF's long-range precision strike capabilities, providing a strategic advantage in modern combat scenarios.

 

[venkat]

We need to add 1000 of these to our inventory every year

 

[Enforcer]

We need to add 1000 of these to our inventory every year

A healthy stockpile is around 40-50k of different variants and weights. Which means atleast 5k a year.

 

[Enforcer]

Our private companies might not be innovative enough and often buy designs from abroad but at least they get to work on time and deliver on timely manner.

When a war breaks out, it doesn't matter if its indigenous or foreign bought or copied or stolen. All that matter is having the weapon in your hands.

 

[beencensured]

Our private companies might not be innovative enough and often buy designs from abroad but at least they get to work on time and deliver on timely manner.

When a war breaks out, it doesn't matter if its indigenous or foreign bought or copied or stolen. All that matter is having the weapon in your hands.

If you cannot produce them then you are handicap. In war there is no garauntee of supplies, and so india must make as no gaurantee of supply.

 

[yogeshwaram]

5000 per annum per types should be inducted, plus stock pile for full scale war of 1 to two years russia Ukraine war is a live demo. anything could be happen.

 

[Sudha]

If you cannot produce them the you are handicap. In war there is no garauntee of supplies, and so india must make as no gaurantee of supply.

You see Adani you see "red". 🤣😂😜

 

[Akshat]

If you cannot produce them then you are handicap. In war there is no garauntee of supplies, and so india must make as no gaurantee of supply.

Well if your family established DPSUs are making it, then there is a guarantee of no supply.

 

[Mridul baruah]

IAF ordered only 300 of them. And people want a production rate of 1000 per year.

 

[beencensured]

You see Adani you see "red". 🤣😂😜

Not in this case, as India needs too much supply and capacity. I see red when JIO and Tata sell vegetables, or Adani buys technology from foreign sources and passes it off as local, as there's no need to do R&D and not copycat, but the same thing he exports, I have no issues. Further, I would like to see more startups developing in India doing R&D, as that's what those size companies should do.

 

[beencensured]

Well if your family established DPSUs are making it, then there is a guarantee of no supply.

Learn history DPSU are very old, but you have no respect for R&D, and so do not want India to develop.

 

[Akshat]

Learn history DPSU are very old, but you have no respect for R&D, and so do not want India to develop.

Oh indeed, I have a lot of respect for R&D and that's why I want all DPSUs and DRDO to be dissolved as they don't do any R&D. But you are the one who wants to make sure that India doesn't develop and keeps voting for your family.

 

[Sudha]

Not in this case, as India needs too much supply and capacity. I see red when JIO and Tata sell vegetables, or Adani buys technology from foreign sources and passes it off as local, as there's no need to do R&D and not copycat, but the same thing he exports, I have no issues. Further, I would like to see more startups developing in India doing R&D, as that's what those size companies should do.

But it is true that you see "red" when Adani name comes up. Moreover how DPSUs are better? They are assembling on foreign techs since independence. As far as selling of vegerables or "jio" is concerned, Bharat is a democracy, anyone including you can sell/compete if you have the money. I would thank Adani for giving so much employment opportunity for thousands of Bharatiyas. Can you claim the same about giving jobs to Bharatiyas? Any startups can develop Bharat, but what that has got to do with Adani?