Indian military inaugurates use of IAI's missile defense system

• Published date: 12 September 2021

During a ceremony held in Air Force Station Jaisalmer India, the MRSAM system was inaugurated by Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Secretary of Department of Defense (R&D) and DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy, and IAI President and CEO Boaz Levy along with other senior civil and military officials. The induction comes after earlier this year, the two countries successfully carried out extended tests at a facility in India which validated that all the components of the weapons system were working perfectly.

IAI's Barak 8 MRSAM sales in recent years have amounted to more than $6 billion. Missiles for the system in India are being made locally.

Levy said, "MRSAM Air & Missile Defense System is a cutting edge, innovative system and significant proof of the unique partnership and collaboration between the countries and IAI's commitment to India. The development and production of...