DRDO conducts maiden trial of Python-5 air to air missile

India’s indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas, has added the 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) in its air-to-air weapons capability with the aimed to validate enhanced capability of the already integrated Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) AAM on Tejas.

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The test firing at Goa completed a series of missile trials to validate its performance under extremely challenging scenarios.

Derby missile achieved direct hit on a high-speed maneuvering aerial target and the Python missiles also achieved 100% hits, thereby validating their complete capability. The trials met all their planned objectives.