Tel Aviv, Israel- Israel
Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced it has entered this week agreements worth
$93 million for provision of Naval MRSAM (Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile)
systems. The contracts were entered with the Indian Navy and Cochin Shipyard
Limited (CSL). Under the contracts IAI will provide complementary systems for
the air defense system (ADS). They involve follow up orders for a range of
maintenance and other services for various sub-systems of IAI’s advanced MSRAM
ADS.
The Indian navy in
collaboration with IAI, held an interception test aboard INS Chennai which
assessed for the first time potential collaboration between ships. The
interception scenario which was executed successfully demonstrated how the
operational force of the defense system can be doubled regionally rather than
topically.
Boaz Levi, Executive Vice
President and General Manager of Systems, Missiles & Space Group said, “The follow-up orders provide additional evidence of the
satisfaction and trust of our Indian partners in respect to the MRSAM family.
The Thursday test demonstrated the advanced technological capabilities of the
air defense system as well as our collaboration between IAI, its partners in
India’s navy the local Indian industry and our colleagues at IAI’s ELTA and
RAFAEL. This is a badge of honor for the entire Israeli industry".
The MRSAM family is an
operational air-defense system used by Israel's navy as well as by India’s
naval air and ground forces. It has been uniquely developed by IAI in
collaboration with Israel's Ministry of defense India’s
Defense Research and
Development Organization (DRDO), RAFAEL, IAI’s Elta and additional industries
in India and Israel. To date, MRSAM achieved over $6 billion in sales. It
provides broad as well as topical defense against a range of assault air,
marine and ground threats. MRSAM comprises several key state-of-the-art
systems, including a digital radar, command, control, launchers and
interceptors with advanced homing seekers.
No comments:
Post a Comment