Surface - to - air missile Akash was successfully test fired on Tuesday with an indigenous radio frequency seeker, an official said.
The missile was successfully launched from the Launch Complex - III at Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha around 1. 40 p. m.
"The radars, telemetry and electro - optical systems along the coast have tracked and monitored all the health parameters of the missile, " said a statement.
This is the first surface - to - air missile with indigenous seeker that has been test fired.
"With this success, India has achieved the capability of making any type of surface - to - air missile, " the statement said.
The launch operations were witnessed by the Director General (Missiles) in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister, G. Satheesh Reddy; Director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), M. S. R. Prasad; Programme Director G. Chandra Mouli; Director Integrated Test Range (ITR) B. K. Das and other top DRDO scientists.
This missile is being inducted into Army as Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SRSAM).