Top Bidders For DRDO Missiles

March 17, 2021

Rafael is willing to offer the interceptor made of new technology as a part of the Derby missile as a part of India’s low-level quick reaction missile system (LLQRM) project.

Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS), a joint venture between India’s Kalyani group and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, has emerged among a handful of bidders to integrate the missile subparts program invited by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Disclosing this on Tuesday, Rajinder Bhatia, president and chief executive of BFL Defence of Kalyani group, told media that it was part of the Development cum Production Partner (DCCP) initiative of DRDO inviting the domestic partners for various missile programs.

“We are actively bidding for it and we have already won some sub-sections,” said Bhatia, adding that they were waiting for the contract to be placed with them. “We are among the handful 2-3 Indian companies who are going all-out for this,” he said, adding that the initiative enables the Indian private sector defence player to develop and become a production partner to DRDO for missiles.

Bhatia was interacting with media on the sidelines of a program to roll-out its first batch of the medium-range surface to air missile (MRSAM) for the Indian Army and Air Force. KRAS has committed to deliver more than 1,000 MRSAM ‘missile kits’ for the Indian Army and Air Force over the coming years. These missile sections will then be forwarded to India’s state-run defence giant NSE -3.16 % for further and future integration.

Courtesy: ET