30 May 2024
by Jon Grevatt & Akhil Kadidal
![](https://zephyrnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/india-tests-new-rudram-ii-air-launched-missile.jpg)
![](https://zephyrnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/india-tests-new-rudram-ii-air-launched-missile-1.jpg)
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation tested the Rudram-II air-to-surface missile on 29 May. The Indian MoD said the missile was fired from an Indian Air Force Su-30MKI fighter aircraft. (Indian MoD)
India’s state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has flight tested a new version of its Rudram air-launched missile, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced.
Rudram-II was successfully fired on 29 May from an Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter aircraft off the coast of India’s eastern state of Odisha, the MoD said.
“The flight test met all the trial objectives, validating the propulsion system and control and guidance algorithm,” said the MoD.
It added that the performance of Rudram-II was validated through flight data captured by tracking instruments, including electro-optical systems, radar, and telemetry stations based at DRDO’s Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha.
The MoD described Rudram-II as an “indigenously developed, solid-propelled, air-launched missile system” intended for an air-to-surface role to “neutralise many types of enemy assets”.
It added, “Indigenous technologies developed by various DRDO laboratories have been incorporated into the missile system”.
- SEO Powered Content & PR Distribution. Get Amplified Today.
- PlatoData.Network Vertical Generative Ai. Empower Yourself. Access Here.
- PlatoAiStream. Web3 Intelligence. Knowledge Amplified. Access Here.
- PlatoESG. Carbon, CleanTech, Energy, Environment, Solar, Waste Management. Access Here.
- PlatoHealth. Biotech and Clinical Trials Intelligence. Access Here.
- Source: https://www.janes.com/defence-news/india-tests-new-rudram-ii-air-launched-missile