The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army has successfully flight-tested Pinaka Mk-I (enhanced) rocket system and Pinaka area denial munition rocket systems on Saturday.
The Pinaka Mk-I (enhanced) rocket system (EPRS) and Pinaka area denial munition (ADM) rocket systems were flight-tested at Pokhran firing ranges.
Defence R&D department secretary and DRDO chairman Dr. G Satheesh Reddy has congratulated the teams for completing the flight trials of new design rockets based on advanced technologies in record time.
A total of 24 EPRS rockets were fired for different ranges during the last fortnight, the official note said.
The required accuracy and consistency was achieved by the rockets meeting all trial objectives satisfactorily.
With these trails, the initial phase of technology absorption of EPRS by the industry has successfully been completed.
The industry partners are ready for user trials/series production of the rocket system.
The Pinaka rocket system has been developed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment, Pune supported by the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, another Pune-based laboratory of the DRDO.
The EPRS is the upgraded version of Pinaka variant which has been in service with the Indian Army for the last decade.
The system has been upgraded with advanced technologies enhancing the range to meet the emerging requirements.
After establishing the performance efficacy of the enhanced range version of Pinaka, the technology was transferred to the industries viz. Munitions India Limited (MIL) and Economic Explosives Limited Nagpur.
The rockets manufactured by MIL under Transfer of Technology (ToT) from DRDO were flight tested during this campaign.
The different variants of munitions and fuzes which can be used in the Pinaka rocket system were also successfully test evaluated in the Pokhran Field Firing Range.
