New Delhi: The DRDO on Tuesday conducted two successful test flights of the very short range air defence system (VSHORADS) missile from a ground portable launcher at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Odisha coast, a statement said.
Both the flight tests have completely met the mission objectives, the Defence Ministry statement said.
VSHORADS is a man-portable air defence system (MANPAD) designed and developed indigenously by the Defence Research and Development Organisation's Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories and Indian industry partners.
The missile incorporates many novel technologies including miniaturised reaction control system (RCS) and integrated avionics, which have been successfully proven during the tests.
