User trials of a new type of "extended range anti submarine rocket" (ERASR) were successfully carried out from the Indian Navy Kamorta-class anti-submarine corvette INS Kavaratti from June 23 to July 7, 2025, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MOD) confirmed via a recent press release.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation' Armament Research and Development Establishment, in association with the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, have designed and developed ERASR for the indigenously built rocket launchers fitted on a number of Indian Navy surface combatants.
The MOD said ERASR has a twin-rocket motor configuration, "to meet a wide spectrum of range requirements with high accuracy and consistency," and uses an indigenously developed electronic time fuse.
A total of 17 ERASRs were successfully test evaluated at different ranges. The MOD said all the specified objectives of the trials such as range performance, electronic time fuse functioning and warhead functioning were successfully demonstrated.
Bharat Dynamics and Solar Defence and Aerospace are the production partners for the new rockets. The MOD said that, with the successful completion of user trials, the Indian Navy is expected to induct the ERASR system "soon."