<p>New Delhi: The indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Mk-1 on Wednesday successfully fired the Astra beyond visual range missile destroying a flying target, the Defence Ministry said here.</p><p>Carried out from Chandipur in Odisha, the test demonstrated the missile’s direct-hit ability on a flying target when fired from the home grown combat jet.</p><p>Designed and developed by DRDO, the Astra missile is capable of engaging targets over a distance of 100 km.</p><p>The beyond visual range missile is equipped with advanced guidance and navigation capabilities allowing it to destroy targets with greater accuracy. </p><p>The missile is already inducted into the Indian Air Force.</p>.DRDO conducts high-altitude trials of integrated life-support system for pilots onboard Tejas jets.<p>“The successful test-firing is a significant milestone towards the induction of the LCA AF MK1A variant,” the ministry said in a statement.</p><p>“During the test, all the subsystems of the missile performed accurately meeting all mission parameters and objectives,” it added.</p><p>The test was spearheaded by the Aeronautical Development Agency with support from the DRDO, IAF and HAL. </p><p>Earlier the missile was successfully tested from the first generation Tejas LCA aircraft as well as from Su-30 combat jets.</p><p>India’s LCA Mk1A manufacturing plan has suffered a setback due to US major General Electric’s inability to supply the engines in the last two years.</p><p>The first set of engines, according to sources, are to arrive this year following which the HAL will kick start the LCA Mk1A production.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Mk-1 on Wednesday successfully fired the Astra beyond visual range missile destroying a flying target, the Defence Ministry said here.</p><p>Carried out from Chandipur in Odisha, the test demonstrated the missile’s direct-hit ability on a flying target when fired from the home grown combat jet.</p><p>Designed and developed by DRDO, the Astra missile is capable of engaging targets over a distance of 100 km.</p><p>The beyond visual range missile is equipped with advanced guidance and navigation capabilities allowing it to destroy targets with greater accuracy. </p><p>The missile is already inducted into the Indian Air Force.</p>.DRDO conducts high-altitude trials of integrated life-support system for pilots onboard Tejas jets.<p>“The successful test-firing is a significant milestone towards the induction of the LCA AF MK1A variant,” the ministry said in a statement.</p><p>“During the test, all the subsystems of the missile performed accurately meeting all mission parameters and objectives,” it added.</p><p>The test was spearheaded by the Aeronautical Development Agency with support from the DRDO, IAF and HAL. </p><p>Earlier the missile was successfully tested from the first generation Tejas LCA aircraft as well as from Su-30 combat jets.</p><p>India’s LCA Mk1A manufacturing plan has suffered a setback due to US major General Electric’s inability to supply the engines in the last two years.</p><p>The first set of engines, according to sources, are to arrive this year following which the HAL will kick start the LCA Mk1A production.</p>
