Long Range Glide Bomb:
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out a successful maiden flight test of a Long-Range Glide Bomb (LRGB), GAURAV from the Su-30 MK-I platform of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
- Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB) is an air-launched 1,000 kg class glide bomb capable of hitting targets at long distances.
- It is an Air to Surface LRGB with conventional warheads to destroy enemy airstrips, bunkers, hard installations, buildings etc.
- It is designed to integrate with fighter aircraft.
- It consists of an Inertial Navigation based guidance system with Digital Control.
- GAURAV has been designed and developed indigenously by the Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad.
- After being launched, the glide bomb steers towards the target using a highly accurate hybrid navigation scheme with a combination of INS and GPS data.
- During the flight test, the glide bomb hit the target erected at Long Wheeler’s island with pinpoint accuracy.
- Complete flight data during the test launch was captured by Telemetry and Electro-optical tracking systems deployed by the Integrated Test Range along the coastline.
