Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile-V3 Latest News
Recently, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully completed the final development trials of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 in Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Air modes.
About Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile-V3
- It is a precision-guided air-to-surface missile launched from drones.
- It has been developed by Research Centre Imarat Hyderabad as the nodal lab along with other DRDO laboratories.
Features of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile-V3
- The ULPGM-V3 is equipped with a high definition dual-channel seeker that can strike a wide variety of targets.
- It 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.
- It 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.
- The ULPGM-V3 can be carried and operated by individual soldiers in remote and mountainous regions.
- Range: It can achieve a maximum range of 4 km during the day and 2.5 km at night.
- Weight: 12.5 kg which enables integration with lightweight drones.
Source: PIB
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