RANGE (BVR) air-to-air missile indigenously designed & developed by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) is Astra. Astra is India's first beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile indigenously designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).It is intended to engage and destroy aerial targets with high manoeuvrability and supersonic speeds.Astra (Sanskrit: "weapon") is an all-weather beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.It is the first air-to-air missile developed by India.It features mid-course inertial guidance with terminal active radar homing.Astra is designed to be capable of engaging targets at varying range and altitudes allowing for engagement of both short-range targets at a distance of 10 km (6.2 mi) and long-range targets up to a distance of 110 km (68 mi). Astra has been integrated with INDIAN Air FORCE's Sukhoi Su-30MKI and will be integrated with Dassault Mirage 2000, HAL Tejas and Mikoyan MiG-29 in the future.Limited series production of Astra missiles BEGAN in 2017.