New Delhi: The DRDO on Wednesday handed over to the Indian Navy a niche technology that obscures radar signals and creates a microwave shield around platforms and assets, thereby reducing radar detection, the defense ministry said.
The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) handed over the Medium Range Microwave Obscurant Rocket (MR-MOCR) to the Navy at a ceremony here.
"Microwave Obscurant Chaff (MOC), a niche technology developed by the DRDO Defense Laboratory, Jodhpur, obscures radar signals and creates a microwave shield around platforms and assets, thereby reducing radar detection," the ministry in a statement.
A special type of fibers with a diameter of a few microns and unique microwave darkening properties have been assembled into the medium-range chaff rocket. When fired, the rocket forms dark microwave clouds in space that spread over a sufficient area with adequate persistence time, thus creating an effective shield against threats from RF seekers, he said.
Phase I tests of MR-MOCR were successfully carried out from Indian Navy ships, demonstrating that the MOC cloud flourishes and is persistent in space.
"In Phase II tests, the Indian Navy has demonstrated and authorized reduction of radar cross section (RCS) of an aerial target by 90 per cent," he said.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO and the Indian Navy for the successful development of the MR-MOCR. He described MOC technology as another step towards achieving 'Aatmanirbharta' (self-reliance) in defence.
The MR-MOCR has been handed over by Secretary Department of Defense R&D and Chairman DRDO Samir V Kamat to Director General Naval Armament Inspectorate of Indian Navy Rear Admiral Brijesh Vashistha.
The DRDO Chairman congratulated the Jodhpur team of the Defense Laboratory for this 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.
The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) handed over the Medium Range Microwave Obscurant Rocket (MR-MOCR) to the Navy at a ceremony here.
"Microwave Obscurant Chaff (MOC), a niche technology developed by the DRDO Defense Laboratory, Jodhpur, obscures radar signals and creates a microwave shield around platforms and assets, thereby reducing radar detection," the ministry in a statement.
A special type of fibers with a diameter of a few microns and unique microwave darkening properties have been assembled into the medium-range chaff rocket. When fired, the rocket forms dark microwave clouds in space that spread over a sufficient area with adequate persistence time, thus creating an effective shield against threats from RF seekers, he said.
Phase I tests of MR-MOCR were successfully carried out from Indian Navy ships, demonstrating that the MOC cloud flourishes and is persistent in space.
"In Phase II tests, the Indian Navy has demonstrated and authorized reduction of radar cross section (RCS) of an aerial target by 90 per cent," he said.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO and the Indian Navy for the successful development of the MR-MOCR. He described MOC technology as another step towards achieving 'Aatmanirbharta' (self-reliance) in defence.
The MR-MOCR has been handed over by Secretary Department of Defense R&D and Chairman DRDO Samir V Kamat to Director General Naval Armament Inspectorate of Indian Navy Rear Admiral Brijesh Vashistha.
The DRDO Chairman congratulated the Jodhpur team of the Defense Laboratory for this 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.
