January 23, 2021 Share
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successful conducted captive and release trial of indigenously developed Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from Hawk-I of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) off the Odisha coast on 21 January 2021.
According to a press release by the HAL, “In a big boost to the indigenous Hawk-i program, HAL today successfully test fired a Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from the Hawk-I aircraft off the coast of Odisha. The indigenous stand-off weapon developed by Research Centre Imarat (RCI), DRDO is the first smart weapon fired from an Indian Hawk-Mk132.
“HAL has been focusing on the Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign. The Company owned Hawk-I platform is being extensively used for certification of systems and weapons developed indigenously by DRDO and CSIR labs” said Mr. R. Madhavan, CMD, HAL.
By Greg Waldron2021-01-22T02:22:00+00:00
A Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Hawk-i advanced jet trainer (AJT) has conducted a successful test firing of India’s Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW).
The work took place off the coast of the Indian state of Odisha, and marked the first time that an Indian-produced Hawk has fired a smart weapon, says HAL.
Source: Hindustan Aeronautics
HAL’s Hawk-i offers an upgrade roadmap for Indian air force Hawk 132s
The Hawk-i is a locally upgraded version of the BAE Systems Hawk 132, which HAL produces under license.
HAL chairman R Madhavan says that Hawk-i is being “used extensively” to certificate weapons developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO).
Highlights
This was the 9th successful mission of SAAW conducted by DRDO till now.
In yet another milestone, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted captive and release trial of indigenously developed Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW). This took place from Hawk-I of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) off the Odisha coast on January 21, 2021.
The smart weapon was successfully test-fired from Indian Hawk-Mk132 of HAL. This was the 9th successful mission of SAAW conducted by DRDO till now. It was a textbook launch, which met all the mission objectives. The telemetry and tracking systems installed at the Interim Test Range (ITR), Balasore captured all the mission events.
HYDERABAD: DRDO has successfully conducted captive and release trial of indigenously developed Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from Hawk-i of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) off the Odisha coast on January 21.
The smart weapon was successfully test fired from Indian Hawk-Mk132 of HAL. This was the 9thsuccessful mission of SAAW conducted by DRDO till now. It was a text book launch, which met all mission objectives. The telemetry and tracking systems installed at Interim Test Range (ITR), Balasore captured all the mission events, DRDO said.
SAAW is indigenously designed and developed by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI) Hyderabad. This is 125 Kg class smart weapon, capable of engaging ground enemy airfield assets such as radars,bunkers, taxi tracks, and runways etc. up to a range of 100 kms. The high precision guided bomb is light weight as compared to weapon system of the same class. The weapon was earlier successfully test fired from Jaguar aircraft.
DRDO successfully conducts flight test of Smart Anti Airfield Weapon
DRDO successfully conducts flight test of Smart Anti Airfield Weapon
HYDERABAD: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted captive and release trial of indigenously developed Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from Hawk-i of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) off the Odisha coast on Thursday.
The smart weapon was successfully test fired from Indian Hawk-Mk132 of HAL, DRDO said in a release on Friday.
This was the 9th successful mission of SAAW conducted by DRDO till now. It was a text book launch, which met all mission objectives.
The telemetry and tracking systems installed at Interim Test Range (ITR), Balasore captured all the mission events.