Israel Aerospace Industries and the Indian government’s Defence Research and Development Organisation conducted a successful test of the MRSAM, a medium-range surface-to-air missile system.
MRSAM was jointly developed by IAI and DRDO over the last several years, and they tested the system in India during the last week of December.
The system was developed in the wake of one of the largest defense deals in Israel’s history. In April 2017, IAI and India signed a $1.6 billion contract for the MRSAM system for India’s ground forces. The development involved several Indian companies such as Bharat Electronics Limited, Larsen & Toubro, and Bharat Dynamics Limited as well as Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
The effort is one of the joint ventures that underpins India’s economic policy “Make in India” for defense development, which has seen several decades of contracts with Israeli companies to modernize India’s military.
MRSAM is an air and missile defence system that can destroy enemy aircraft from a distance of 50 to 70 km.
It provides ultimate protection against a variety of aerial platforms. The MRSAM includes command and control, an advanced phased-array radar, mobile launchers and interceptors with advanced RF seeker.
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