Python-5 air to air missile

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Context: Set of trials, extensive missile carriage flight tests were conducted at Bengaluru to assess integration of Python-5 missile with aircraft systems on board Tejas, like Avionics, fire-control radar, missile weapon delivery system and flight control system.

• India’s Indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has added capability of firing Israeli-origin Python-5 air-to-air missile (AAM) after successful tests that concluded.
• These set of tests were aimed to validate the enhanced capability of the already integrated Israeli-origin Derby beyond visual range AAM on Tejas.
• The test firing at Goa completed a series of missile trials to validate the performance under extremely challenging scenarios.
• The Derby missile achieved direct hit on a high-speed manoeuvering aerial target and Python missiles also achieved 100 per cent hits, thereby validating their complete capability.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/drdo-conducts-maiden-trial-of-python-5-air-to-air-missile/articleshow/82289656.cms