Indigenously developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas successfully fired Derby air-to-air beyond visual range missile (BVRM) off the Goa coast.
The successful test demonstrated its overall capability as effective supersonic combat jet.
Tejas was developed by state-run HAL and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Derby is short to medium range BVR Air-to-Air missile. It is a dual-use missile (air-to-air and surface-to-air).
It is developed jointly by Israeli armament development agency Rafael and Israel Aircraft Industries MBT.
It has look-down and shoot-down capability, fire and forget mode and advanced Electronic countermeasures (ECCM) tailored to customer’s operational requirements.