MISSILES • PRODUCTION

VSHORADS (Very Short Range Air Defense System)

Lead Agency: DRDO (RCI) / Adani Defence / ICOMM • Service: Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force • Budget: ₹4,800 Cr • IDDM: 90%

Strategic Overview

4th-generation man-portable air defense missile equipped with uncooled dual-band IIR seeker and Reaction Control System (RCS).

Frontline High-Altitude AD Detachments ("Mountain MANPADS Teams") — LAC Forward Posts (Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal) (Northern & Eastern Commands) — Status: forming
DAC AoN for Indigenous Very Short Range Air Defence Systems (VSHORADS) (DAC Decision Portal)