Long Range Glide Bomb

Aug. 14, 2024

Recently, 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).

About Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB):

It is an air-launched 1,000 kg class glide bomb capable of hitting targets at long distances.
Features
- 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.