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NEW DELHI: An India-France proposed joint venture expected to be worth around Rs 30,000 crore to develop short range air defence missiles seems to have run into rough weather as Indian Air Force feels that its requirements could be met by indigenous Akash surface-to-air missile weapon system.
The Akash air defence missile system has already been developed by the DRDO indigenously and its development trials were completed successfully by the agency in Odisha recently.
The SR-SAM is also planned to be a project in the same class, highly placed sources said here.
The IAF feels that when the indigenous system meets the requirements of the force, then there is no requirement for importing or co-developing a similar system, they said.
As per the proposed SR-SAM project, the IAF had to induct 49 Missile Firing Units (MFUs) of the co-developed missiles.
India's mobile surface-to-air missile defense system 'Akash' is displayed during a press day of the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
The IAF has already placed orders for eight squadrons of the Akash surface-to-air missile and it would require to place orders for another 25 squadrons of the weapon systems to meet its complete requirement of air defence missiles of this range, the sources said.
The induction would also save a lot of foreign exchange and help in expanding the indigenous missile production industry in view of the large orders to be placed, they said.
Rs 30,000 crore India-France missile development plan in troubled waters - The Times of India
30,000 crores getting pumped into indigenous defense industry = good news all around.
@cirr, @Abingdonboy, @sancho.
The Akash air defence missile system has already been developed by the DRDO indigenously and its development trials were completed successfully by the agency in Odisha recently.
The SR-SAM is also planned to be a project in the same class, highly placed sources said here.
The IAF feels that when the indigenous system meets the requirements of the force, then there is no requirement for importing or co-developing a similar system, they said.
As per the proposed SR-SAM project, the IAF had to induct 49 Missile Firing Units (MFUs) of the co-developed missiles.
India's mobile surface-to-air missile defense system 'Akash' is displayed during a press day of the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
The IAF has already placed orders for eight squadrons of the Akash surface-to-air missile and it would require to place orders for another 25 squadrons of the weapon systems to meet its complete requirement of air defence missiles of this range, the sources said.
The induction would also save a lot of foreign exchange and help in expanding the indigenous missile production industry in view of the large orders to be placed, they said.
Rs 30,000 crore India-France missile development plan in troubled waters - The Times of India
30,000 crores getting pumped into indigenous defense industry = good news all around.
@cirr, @Abingdonboy, @sancho.
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