July 21, 2025 09:16 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Odisha shocker: Minor girl set on fire by three men in Puri, Naveen Patnaik slams BJP govt | Patna hospital shooting: Over five accused arrested from West Bengal | Five jets were shot down: Donald Trump's new claim on Operation Sindoor | TMC backing infiltration, endangering Bengal's identity: PM Modi slams Mamata govt | Bihar must be protected from malicious intentions of RJD and Congress: PM Modi | 'You deserve to suffer just like me': Over 60 Delhi and Bengaluru schools receive 'hoax' bomb threats | 'We would caution against any double standards': India on NATO's warning over Russia trade sanctions | Karnataka govt blames RCB for Bengaluru stampede, refers to Kohli's online message too | 'Premature and irresponsible': Indian pilots' body slams Air India crash probe report | Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announces free electricity upto 125 units ahead of assembly polls
DRDO
PIB

DRDO successfully flight-tests surface-to-air missile Akash-NG

| @indiablooms | Jul 21, 2021, at 11:37 pm

New Delhi: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested the New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG), a surface-to-air Missile from Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday.

The flight trial was conducted at around 12:45 PM from a land-based platform with all weapon system elements such as Multifunction Radar, Command, Control & Communication System and launcher participating in deployment configuration.

The missile system has been developed by Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories.

The launch was witnessed by the representatives of Indian Air Force. In order to capture flight data, ITR deployed a number of Range stations like, Electro Optical Tracking System, Radar and Telemetry.

The flawless performance of the entire weapon system has been confirmed by complete flight data captured by these systems.

During the test, the missile demonstrated high manoeuvrability required for neutralising fast and agile aerial threats.

Once deployed, the Akash-NG weapon system will prove to be a force multiplier for the air defence capability of the Indian Air Force.

Production agencies Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) also participated in the trials.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has congratulated DRDO, BDL, BEL, Indian Air Force and the Industry for the successful test. Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO applauded the efforts of the team and said the missile will strengthen the Indian Air Force.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Close menu