Potentials and Advantages of NavIC in Indian Missile Programs

Self-reliance in satellite-based navigation is of immense importance to modern-day strategic missile defense programs. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has designed, developed and deployed an indigenous regional satellite-based navigation system, Navigation using Indian Constellation (NavIC). This paper reviews the present status of multi-constellation GNSS over the Indian region and its applications in the Indian Missile Program, and the advantages of using NavIC in such strategic programs. The present configuration of NavIC and the roadmap ahead gives a promising scope of self-reliance in these critical strategic programs of Indian Defence. In the future, NavIC will turn out to be a game-changer in the Indian missile program both during peacetime and war scenarios.