Missile intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aerial target mimicking an enemy aircraft during its maiden flight test after improvements. Akash Prime missile has been equipped with an indigenous active RF (radio frequency) seeker for improving its accuracy.
Other improvements have also been made in order to bring in more reliable performance under low temperature environments at higher altitudes. For the flight test, modified ground system of the existing Akash weapon was used.
Range Stations of the ITR comprise Radars, EOTS (Electro Optical Tracking System) and Telemetry stations. It helped monitoring the missile trajectory and flight parameters.
Akash Prime is based on the existing Akash SAM. It is equipped with an improved active radio-frequency (RF) seeker. Missile has also been optimized for low temperature and high-altitude operations with the modified ground system.
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