Very Short-Range Air Defence System
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GS III: Science and Technology
What is discussed under Very Short-Range Air Defence System?
- What is VSHORADS?
- Reaction Control System
- Defence Research and Development Organisation
Why in News?
The DRDO completed two successful test flights of the Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile from a ground-based portable launcher at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.
What is VSHORADS?
- VSHORADS is an indigenously designed and built Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPAD) by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad, in conjunction with other DRDO institutes and Indian Industry
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- The VSHORADS missile features a number of unique technologies, including as a miniaturised Reaction Control System (RCS) and integrated avionics, which have been successfully tested.
- A dual thrust solid motor propels the missile, which is designed to counter low-altitude aircraft threats at short ranges.
- The missile’s design, including the launcher, has been significantly optimised for mobility.
- Both flying tests perfectly fulfilled the mission goals.
Reaction Control System
- A Reaction Control System (RCS) is in charge of attitude control and steering through thrusters.
- The RCS system can deliver modest quantities of thrust in any direction or combination of directions.
- An RCS can also provide torque to facilitate rotational control (pitch, yaw, and roll).
- This is in contrast to the main engine of a spaceship, which can only provide a push in one direction but is far more powerful.
- A close-up of the RCS thrusters at the nose of a Space Shuttle.
Defence Research and Development Organisation
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is the principal organisation under the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, entrusted with military research and development, based in Delhi, India.
- The Defence Science Organisation was founded in 1958 by the amalgamation of the Technical Development Establishment and the Directorate of Technical Development and Production of the Indian Ordnance Factories.
- In 1979, the Defence Research and Development Service (DRDS) was established as a service of Group ‘A’ Officers / Scientists directly under the administrative jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence.
- DRDO is India’s largest and most diverse research organisation, with a network of 52 laboratories engaged in creating defence technology in sectors such as:
- Aeronautics, weapons, electronics, ground combat engineering, life sciences, materials, missiles, and naval systems.
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