A Weapons and Ammunition display was organised today at the Infantry School, Mhow. Loiter Munition, Nagastra-1, developed by EEL, a 100 % subsidiary of Solar Industries India Ltd., Nagpur was live demonstrated during the show.

Nagastra-1

In a significant development showcasing India’s growing indigenous defense capabilities, the indigenously developed loitering munition, Nagastra 1, by Economic Explosives Limited, took the center stage at the Infantry Commanders’ Conference. This advanced munition, already ordered by the Indian Army, demonstrated its capabilities in a live display.

This live demo was witnessed by the Chief of Army Staff along with other senior officers from the armed forces, according to the informed sources.

The munition Nagastra-1 has been ordered by the Indian Army. The munition can carry a 1 kg warhead up to a range of 15 km. An upgraded version of this Loiter Munition has been developed, which in the Fire & Forget mode can carry a 2.2 kg warhead up to a range of 30 km. The version under production can carry 1 kg warhead up to 15 km range.

During the display this newly developed Loiter Munition was launched from a pneumatic launcher and after following the predefined trajectory it went into a kamikaze mode to destroy the target. Nagastra-1 (Fire & Forget) hit the target with an accuracy of 2 m.

Nagastra-1 is India’s first indigenous loitering munition. It was designed and developed by Economics Explosives Ltd (EEL) in association with Z-Motion, Bangalore. The Indian Army has ordered the munition.

Specification of Nagastra-1

Range: 15 km in man-in-the-loop mode and 30 km in autonomous mode

Payload: 1.5 kg explosive warhead

Accuracy: Less than 2 meters

Loiter time: 60 minutes

Ease of assembly: Easily assembled and launched from the ground

Features:

•It can neutralize any hostile threat with GPS-enabled precision strikes with an accuracy of 2m.

•It has an endurance of 60 min with a man-in-loop range of 15 km and an autonomous mode range of 30 km.

•In addition to day-night surveillance cameras, it is equipped with fragmenting warhead to defeat soft-skin targets.

•In case a target is not detected or if the mission is aborted, the loiter munition can be called back and made a soft landing with a parachute recovery mechanism, enabling it to be reused multiple times.