Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) will soon be testing the Akash-NG (Next Generation) missile, the third variant of surface-to-air missile defence system. At present, it going through the prototype and integration building phase, after the completion of which the first developmental test firing will be undertaken.
The missile has been Indigenously developed by the DRDO and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for Missile Systems along with Bharat Electronics (BEL), Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division and Larsen & Toubro who produced radars, control centers, launcher systems in India.