The Defence Ministry has approved procurement of the two regiments of upgraded Akash missile systems.
Akash is a Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SRSAM) with a range of 25 km. Each regiment consists of six launchers, each having three missiles.
It is an all-weather area air defence weapon system for defending vulnerable areas against medium range air targets penetrating from low, medium and high altitudes.
The upgraded version will include the seeker technology and possess a 360-degree coverage, and will be of compact configuration. This is the first Surface to Air Missile with indigenous seeker technology.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Akash as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme initiated in 1984.
ISRO Incubation Center
Recently, ISRO Technology Incubation Centre was launched at National Institute of Technology(NIT), Agartala (Tripura).
It is a strategic move aimed at leveraging the huge untapped potential of academia-industry partnerships.
Through the incubation centres, ISRO is looking to incubate start-ups that would build applications, offer services and products that it can use internally and help them scale up to exploit opportunities globally.
