In a bid to beef up its air combat capability, India is developing guided bombs for its fighter jets, which are likely to be ready for deployment by the end of next year, a top defense official has said.

"We are developing 'glide bombs' which can be directed towards their intended targets using guidance mechanisms after being dropped from aircraft of the Indian Air Force," the outgoing head of state-owned Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) , V.K. Saraswat, told the media.

He added: "Such a capability will allow the Indian Air Force pilots to drop the bombs at their intended targets from stand-off distances as the glide capabilities will help in enhancing the range of the bombs."

The DRDO has already successfully carried out two tests of such first-of-its-kind bombs. "By the end of next year, we want to complete all the development trials of the glide bombs before offering it to the Indian Air Force," Saraswat said. 

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