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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

INDIAN NAVY RECEIVES IT'S ULTRA MODERN ROCKET "KAVACH"

"We have made two prototype and first trial has been successfully conducted while the second trial will be conducted sometime this year before its final induction into the Indian Navy in 2013," OFB Director General and Chairman D M Gupta told a press conference here on Saturday.

Kawach, to be launched from Navy submarines, will have a range of 40 km.

He also informed that the OFB is in the process of investing Rs 6,800 crore over the next five years and will be taking up many new products like new generation assault rifles, very short range air defence missiles, latest generation artillery guns and ammunitions through technology transfer.

While ruling out the possibility of setting up new factories, he said OFB is in the process of expanding existing ones by utilising surplus land since acquiring it was a problem for new units.




Gupta said 'Pinaca' rockets manufactured at Ordnance Factory at Ambajhari here have been well-received by the Indian Army and the OFB which presently manufactures 1000 rockets per year, has a demand five times higher and it might consider increasing its capacity to cope up with the demand.

About the research and development activities, Gupta said though the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) is entrusted with the responsibility of R and D, the OFB Board has approached the Government proposing to carry out R and D activities at its 12 centres.

Meanwhile, talking about its performance in terms of numbers, Gupta said the OFB has registered a growth rate of 29 per cent and achieved issue value (turnover) of Rs 11,232 crore in 2010\11 against Rs 8715 crore during the year 2009-10. 

Nagpur, May 21: The state of the art 'Kavach' rockets being developed by Ordnance Factories Board (OFB) is likely to be inducted into Indian Navy sometime in 2013.

"We have made two prototype and first trial has been successfully conducted while the second trial will be conducted sometime this year before its final induction into the Indian Navy in 2013," OFB Director General and Chairman, D M Gupta Gupta told a press conference, here today.

Kavach to be launched from Navy submarines will have a range of 40 kms.

He also informed that the OFB is in the process of investing Rs 6800 crore over the next five years and will be taking up many new products like new generation assault rifles, very short range air defence missiles, latest generation artillery guns and ammunitions through technology transfer.
 

While ruling out the possibility of setting up new factories, he said OFB is in the process of expanding existing factories utilising surplus land since land acquisition was a problem for new units.

Gupta said 'Pinaka' rockets manufactured at Ordnance Factory at Ambajhari here have been well-received by the Indian Army and the OFB which presently manufactures 1000 rockets per year has a demand five times higher and it might consider increasing its capacity to cope up with the demand.


About the research and development activities, Gupta said though the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) is entrusted with the responsibility of R and D, the OFB Board has approached the Government proposing to carry out R and D activities at its 12 centres.

Meanwhile, talking about its performance in terms of numbers, Gupta said the OFB has registered a growth rate of 29 per cent and achieved issue value (turnover) of Rs 11,232 crore in 201011 against Rs 8715 crore during the year 2009-10.

INDIAN ARMED FORCE WILL GET NEW KAVACH MISSILES


KAVACH MOD-II CHAFF ROCKET LAUNCHER



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PURPOSE:
The KAVACH MOD-II system is designed to counter the threat of various anti-ship missiles by using chaff decoys. The system provides soft kill defense in a three-layered defense scheme.

MAIN FEATURES:
1. Multi barrel chaff rocket launcher of Long Range and Short Range .
2. Trainable limits - ± 180 degrees at the rate of 60 degrees per second (max).
3. Elevatable limits � 0 to 60 degrees at the rate of 60 degrees per second (max).
4. Configuration of launcher - 4 x 4 barrels.
5. Firing selection of rockets � Auto and Manual.
6. Modes of Operation � Confusion, Distraction and Seduction.
7. Compensation for Pitch, Roll and Yaw.
8. Accepting, analyzing and prioritizing up to 5 threats.
9. On-line capturing inputs from ship systems.
10. Suggests Course- to-Steer.



TECHNICAL FEATURES OF LRMR LAUNCHER:
1. Overall weight 1680 kgs
2. Overall Height 2690 mm
3. Overall Width 1300mm(dia)
4. Overall Length 1300mm(dia)
5. Mode of operation Power and Manual
6. Bore of barrel 105.6 + 0.4 mm


TECHNICAL FEATURES OF SR LAUNCHER::
1. Overall weight 1350 Kgs
2. Overall Height 2460 mm
3. Overall Width 1300 mm (diameter)
4. Overall Length 1300mm (diameter)
5. Mode of operation Power and Manual
6. Bore of barrel 98.0 + 0.4 mm