The Akash Air Force Launcher (pictured above) carries three Akash anti-aircraft surface-to-air missiles on a wheeled tractor-trailer combination. (DRDO) The Indian Air Force and the Defence Research ...

The successful user evaluation trials of the Akash-NG (Next-Generation) missile system mark a significant upgrade in India’s air defence architecture, strengthening its ability to counter a wide range ...

The DRDO conducted a successful flight test of the new-generation missile from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha, in mid-January. (Indian Ministry of Defence) India's ...

Capability against high-altitude aircraft and certain ballistic threats ...

NEW DELHI — India will induct its homegrown Akash surface-to-air missile (SAM) into the Indian air force (IAF) on March 3. “The Akash weapon system [AWS] was indigenously developed by [the] Defense ...

Rajnath Singh Lauds DRDO Scientists, Hails Role In Op Sindoor; Stresses Defence Self-Reliance The minister, however, suggested defence scientists to “increase your cooperation with the public and PSUs ...

A man cleans an Akash system developed by the Indian government's Defence Research and Development Organisation. (Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI — India’s Defence Ministry is buying ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday emphasised that Operation Sindoor demonstrated that indigenous systems are strengthening India's operational readiness, as he commended the crucial role of ...

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released the book ‘The Unprecedented success story of the first indigenous supersonic mutlitarget surface to air missile system - Akash’ authored by former ...