Indian Ministry of Defence, Akash Missile System
Representatives of the Indian Air Force had participated in the development trials of the Akash Missile System conducted by DRDO, as observers and provided user’s inputs for improvement in the system performance.
Some trials at the development stage had not been fully successful. User’s trial are likely to commence shortly. No decision has been taken so far by the Government for induction of Akash Missile system in the Army.
This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Prof Mahadeorao Shiwankar in Lok Sabha.
Test Flight of Pilotless Combat Aircraft Lakshya
The Government has conducted the test flight of pilotless combat aircraft the ‘Lakshya’ recently. Two Lakshya development campaigns were conducted at Integrated Test Range (ITR), Balasore during 3-5 January 2007 and 5-9 March 2007 to fly digital Pilot-less Target Aircraft Lakshya in autonomous mode and evaluate engine performance with one tow and one stow configuration, respectively.
Both the campaigns met with the broad mission objectives.
This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Pankaj Chowdhary in Lok Sabha.
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