Light combat aircraft Tejas successfully fires beyond visual range air-to-air missile

Aug 23, 2023

The missile release was successfully carried out from the aircraft at an altitude of about 20,000 ft and all the objectives of the test...

Tejas LCA AF MK1 test-fires beyond visual range Air-to-Air Missile off Odisha coast

Mar 12, 2025

Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) has successfully conducted a test-launch of homegrown ASTRA, Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) from LCA AF MK1 prototype fighter...

India to start trials of 160 km strike range Astra missile this year

Feb 15, 2021

New Delhi [India], February 15 : In a step that would establish its superiority in air combat over China and Pakistan, India would start...

Naveen Patnaik lauds DRDO for successful flight-test of BVR "Astra" missile equipped with indigenous RF Seeker

Jul 12, 2025

Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the successful flight-test of the indigenous Beyond...

India, Indonesia sign Brahmos, Astra deals; to boost cooperation in critical minerals, agriculture

Jul 07, 2026

India and Indonesia on Tuesday signed some significant agreements including for supply of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles and ASTRA beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles as the...

Air Force to get 33 new fighter jets, 248 indigenous Astra missiles

Jul 02, 2020

New Delhi [India], July 2 : In a major boost for the Indian Air Force, the Defence Ministry on Thursday approved the acquisition of...