Published on 17 Feb 2025
• DRDO successfully tests Long-Range Glide Bomb (LRGB) Gaurav off the coast of Odisha from a Su-30 MK-I fighter jet .
• GAURAV is an air launched 1,000 kg class glide bomb capable of hitting targets at long distance.
• A glide bomb is an air-launched weapon that does not have its own propulsion system, unlike a missile. .
• Instead, it relies on aerodynamics and winglike surfaces (winglets) to glide towards its target after being dropped from an aircraft
• It has a highly accurate hybrid navigation scheme with a combination of Inertial Navigation System (INS), which uses its own accelerometer and gyroscope data, and GPS data.
• GAURAV has been designed and developed indigenously by the Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad.
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