The helicopter-launched Nag Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATCM), Helina has completed all trials and the process for issuing of Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) by the Army has begun, said Sachin Sood, Project Director of Helina and Dhruvastra at Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) Hyderabad.
“The launcher and missile are ready. There are some Human-Machine Interface to be realised, which are going on now,” Dr. Sood told the Hindu. Each missile is expected to cost under Rs 1 crore and around 500 missiles and 40 launchers would be required initially, he added.
Once, the AoN is issued, the Request for Proposal (RFP) would be issued. Some firing trials would be done from the first production lot by the Indian Army at a later stage.
Helina is a third-generation fire-to-forget class ATGM mounted on an indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) and has a minimum range of 500 meters and a maximum range of 7 Km.
