Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out flight-test of Advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 at the National Open Area Range (NOAR) test range in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The Advanced UAV launched Precision Guided Missile-V3 is an enhanced version of the ULPGM-V2 missile developed and delivered by DRDO earlier.
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DRDO successfully test-fires advanced UAV launched Precision Guided Missile-V3
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired of Advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 at the National Open Area Range (NOAR) test range in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.
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Flight-trials of Advanced UAV Launched Precision Guided Missile-V3
The Advanced UAV launched Precision Guided Missile-V3 is an enhanced version of the ULPGM-V2 missile developed and delivered by DRDO earlier.
The missile was released from a UAV, which is indigenously developed by an Indian start-up - Newspace Research Technologies, Bengaluru.
DRDO is actively pursuing integration of ULPGM weapons with long-range and high endurance UAVs from several other Indian companies. Development cum Production Partners (DcPPs) - Adani Defence and Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad) and 30 MSMEs/start-ups contributed to making this unique project a grand success.
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Advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3
The Advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 is equipped with a high definition dual-channel seeker that can strike a wide variety of targets.
The missile is an enhanced version of the ULPGM-V2 missile developed and delivered by DRDO earlier.
The ULPGM-V3 Missile can be fired in plain and high-altitude areas. It has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target/aim-point update.
The ULPGM-V3 Missile is equipped with three modular warhead options: Anti-armour to destroy modern age armoured vehicles equipped with Rolled Homogeneous Armour (RHA) with Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA); Penetration-cum-Blast warhead with Anti Bunker application and Pre-fragmentation warhead with a high lethality zone.
Who has developed the ULPGM-V3 missile?
The Advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 is jointly developed by DRDO laboratories namely Research Centre Imarat, Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, High-Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Integrated Test Range and Defence Electronics Research Laboratory.
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Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has congratulated DRDO and the industry partners, DcPPs, MSMEs and start-ups for the development and successful trials of the UAV Launched Precision Guided Missile-V3 system.
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