New Delhi [India], Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) handed over the Medium Range Microwave Obscurant Rocket (MR-MOCR) to the Indian Navy at a ceremony in New Delhi on June 26, according to a press release from the Ministry of Defense said.
Microwave Obscurant Chaff (MOC), a niche technology developed by DRDO's Defense Laboratory, Jodhpur, obscures radar signals and creates a microwave shield around platforms and assets, thereby reducing radar detection.
A special type of fiber, with a diameter of a few microns and unique microwave darkening properties, has been assembled into the medium-range chaff rocket. The rocket, when fired, forms a cloud that obscures microwaves in space, spreading over a sufficient area, with an adequate persistence time, thus creating an effective shield against hostile threats with radio frequency seekers, according to the statement.
Phase I tests of MR-MOCR were successfully carried out on Indian Navy ships, demonstrating that the MOC cloud flourishes and is persistent in space. In Phase II tests, the Indian Navy demonstrated and cleared the reduction of radar cross section (RCS) of an aerial target by 90 percent.
The number of MR-MOCRs meeting all qualification requirements have been successfully delivered to the Indian Navy.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO and Indian Navy for the successful development of MR-MOCR. He termed the MOC technology as another step towards achieving Aatmanirbharta in defence, the statement said.
The MR-MOCR has been handed over by Secretary Department of Defense R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat to Director General Naval Armament Inspection Indian Navy Rear Admiral Brijesh Vashistha. The DRDO Chairman congratulated the Jodhpur Defense Laboratory team for this important achievement.
The Director General of Naval Armament Inspection of the Indian Navy also applauded the efforts of the DRDO to indigenously develop this strategically important technology in a short period of time, the statement said.
Microwave Obscurant Chaff (MOC), a niche technology developed by DRDO's Defense Laboratory, Jodhpur, obscures radar signals and creates a microwave shield around platforms and assets, thereby reducing radar detection.
A special type of fiber, with a diameter of a few microns and unique microwave darkening properties, has been assembled into the medium-range chaff rocket. The rocket, when fired, forms a cloud that obscures microwaves in space, spreading over a sufficient area, with an adequate persistence time, thus creating an effective shield against hostile threats with radio frequency seekers, according to the statement.
Phase I tests of MR-MOCR were successfully carried out on Indian Navy ships, demonstrating that the MOC cloud flourishes and is persistent in space. In Phase II tests, the Indian Navy demonstrated and cleared the reduction of radar cross section (RCS) of an aerial target by 90 percent.
The number of MR-MOCRs meeting all qualification requirements have been successfully delivered to the Indian Navy.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO and Indian Navy for the successful development of MR-MOCR. He termed the MOC technology as another step towards achieving Aatmanirbharta in defence, the statement said.
The MR-MOCR has been handed over by Secretary Department of Defense R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat to Director General Naval Armament Inspection Indian Navy Rear Admiral Brijesh Vashistha. The DRDO Chairman congratulated the Jodhpur Defense Laboratory team for this important achievement.
The Director General of Naval Armament Inspection of the Indian Navy also applauded the efforts of the DRDO to indigenously develop this strategically important technology in a short period of time, the statement said.
