DRDO Conducts Maiden Trial Of Python-5 Air-To-Air Missile On Tejas Fighter Jet

LCA Tejas Gets Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile: "Derby missile achieved direct hit on a high speed manoeuvring aerial target and the Python missiles also achieved 100 per cent hits, thereby validating their complete capability.The trials met all their planned objectives," a DRDO statement said.

India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas, has added the 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) to its air-to-air weapons capability. Trials were also aimed to validate enhanced capability of already integrated Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) AAM on Tejas, a DRDO statement said today. The test firing in Goa on Tuesday completed a series of missile trials to validate its performance under extremely challenging scenarios, it said. "Derby missile achieved direct hit on a high speed manoeuvring aerial target and the Python missiles also achieved 100 per cent hits, thereby validating their complete capability.The trials met all their planned objectives," the statement said.