As the Indian Navy patrols the seas, it knows it has excellence at its side with high-performing missile systems from MBDA such as Exocet on board its new Kalvari-class submarines. MBDA is proud of its long history of supporting the Indian Navy and joins the service in celebrating Navy Day.
Just as important as its proud history with the Indian Navy, are MBDA’s industrial partnerships in India. MBDA has been working in close partnership with Indian industry for over 50 years, building missile technologies in India and assisting with the development of a sovereign Indian missile industry, both in the public and private sector.
MBDA has built over 50,000 missiles in India during this time, and is working through its Indian joint venture – L&T MBDA Missile Systems Ltd – to deliver new Make in India programmes and provide new enhancements for the Indian Navy’s fighting potency. L&T MBDA Missile Systems Ltd has already submitted its first bid to the Indian Armed Forces. The JV’s offer of Sea Ceptor, the next generation of naval air defence system, is its RFP response for the Indian Navy’s Short-Range Surface to Air Missile (SRSAM) requirement, and has been offered with the aim to ‘Make in India’.