Solar Defence and Aerospace Ltd. of Nagpur is delivering its indigenous Nagastra-2 anti-tank loitering munition system to the Indian Army, the company said in a statement reported by news agency ANI on October 23.

Source: ANI via LatestLY

A loitering munition stays airborne while searching for a target before being directed onto it. According to the company, Nagastra-2 carries day-and-night surveillance cameras and a 4 kg tandem shaped-charge warhead designed to penetrate targets protected by up to 650 mm of Rolled Homogeneous Armour (RHA).

4 kgtandem warhead
650 mmarmour penetration (RHA), company figure
50 kmrange, fire-and-forget mode
60 minendurance

The system offers an operational range of 25 km in recover-and-reuse mode and 50 km in fire-and-forget mode, with an endurance of up to 60 minutes, giving operators flexibility for precision engagement of armoured targets, the company said. Independent defence coverage by Defense Talks reported the same specifications.

Source: Defense Talks

Built to work under jamming

A key feature is its Electronic Counter-Countermeasures (ECCM) capability, designed to keep the munition working in electronically contested environments, including communication jamming, GPS jamming and spoofing, according to Solar Defence.

The company said Nagastra-2 successfully completed technical trials at the Mahajan Field Firing Range in August 2026, where users witnessed all operational and ECCM compliance parameters. In 2025, the Army had placed an order with the company for around 450 Nagastra-1R loitering munitions, the earlier reusable-launcher version with a 360-degree gimbal camera and an optional thermal camera for night operations.

The delivery is the latest step in India's push to equip its forces with home-grown precision weapons under its indigenous defence manufacturing programme. All performance figures in this report are the manufacturer's stated specifications.