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Akash Prime is also optimized for low temperature and high altitude operations with modified ground system. [36] [37] The improved RF seeker has 360° engagement capability. Akash Prime consists of a long-range surveillance radar, a target and missile tracking radar, a troop control centre, and the launchers. [38]
Akash - New Generation (IAST: Ākāśa "Sky") abbreviated as Akash-NG is a medium-ranged, mobile surface-to-air missile defense system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and Bharat Electronics (BEL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
An Akash missile being test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Orissa. The launch platform is a BMP-2 vehicle. Akash (Sanskrit: आकाश meaning Sky ) is a medium-range surface-to-air missile developed as part of India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme to achieve self-sufficiency in the area of surface-to ...
The Akash missile system developed by India's defence research body has drawn interest from the Philippines, which has told New Delhi it would make an order in the fiscal year that begins in April ...
Surface-to-air missile: 180 Soviet Union: Status: In service (To be replaced by Akash). 180 in service with 501 and 502 AD Group of Army as of 2012. [273] [280] S-125 (SA-3 Goa) Surface-to-air missile system 25 Squadrons for IAF Soviet Union: Status: Being replaced by Akash. Mainly used for point-defense of airbases. [273] 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko)
Prithvi (missile) Prithvi-I (SS-150) surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missile: Strap-down inertial navigation system: 150 km (93 mi) High explosives, penetration, cluster munition, fragmentation, thermobaric, chemical weapon and tactical nuclear weapon: 1994 Being withdrawn [6] Prithvi-II (SS-250) surface-to-surface SRBM: 250 to 350 km ...
Akash: surface-to-air missile; Akash-NG: successor to Akash and Akash-1S surface-to-air missiles (under testing) Barak 8: long-range surface-to-air missile MR-SAM: IAF and IA variants; LR-SAM: Indian navy variants; QRSAM: DRDO, BEL and BDL's quick reaction surface-to-air missile; IAF's SAMAR Air Defence System
Additional orders are also expected from the Indian Army if they order the Akash (missile) system. As of 2022 the Sri Lanka Air Force is planning to purchase of two Rohini Radar systems. [8] Armenia placed an order for 15 Akash missile system for an order of ₹ 6,000 crore (US$690 million). The delivery of the system is expected to take begin ...