Tejas test-fires missile successfully

• Preparing for the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC), the Light Combat Aircraft, 'Tejas,' on Tuesday conducted its last phase of flight trials by successfully test-firing air-to-air close combat missile at Goa.
• One of the main objectives of the current phase of trials was clearing the firing envelope of the missile from the Tejas. The test firing of R-73 missile was done from the Limited Series Production (LSP) aircraft 4, the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) announced here.
• The LSP-4 had its first successful flight in June this year and the IOC is scheduled towards the end of 2010.
• The R-73 missile is integrated with the on-board Digital Stores Management System and Open Architecture Mission and Display Computer.