India has successfully test-flown an upgraded version of its Lakshya unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV.

Scientists from the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization, who developed the Lakshya, launched it Feb. 6 at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Orissa’s coastal Balasore district, the Indo-Asian News Service reported.

The Lakshya is a subsonic reusable system remote-controlled UAV for air-to-air and ground-to-air firing practice and is designed to help train pilots and air defense personnel in engaging targets. The Lakshya was inducted into the Indian Air Force in 2000. The Navy and the Army also field Lakshyas.

The Lakshya has a range of 370 miles, a flight ceiling of 29,504 feet and a maximum speed of Mach 0.8. In 2003 India began to develop a battlefield reconnaissance version of the drone.

The drone test at the Integrated Test Range included the Lakshya in an air defense exercise to test the UAV’s accuracy in different environments.

Israel has purchased several Lakshya drones