BY: IDRW NEWS NETWORK/ PICTURE FROM LIVE FIST
“Maitri” SRSAM (short range surface to air missile ) seems to be pet project of MBDA for joint development with DRDO and still talks are been held with Indian DRDO and Government of India regarding it , Maitri will incorporate design structure of VL-MICA and navigational input and other technological input from failed Trishul programme , its still not clear if joint development will start on this new missile , French company has already secured permissions from the French government regarding Technology transfer and the joint development of such missile .
DRDO is still evaluating the French proposal and has been taking constant feed back from all three armed forces of India , since missiles requirements will be in thousands and joint venture will make it little expensive then a local development, Final decision is expected from government of India regarding joint development of this systems.
Maitri will have a range beyond 15km and BDL will be the prime contractor to produce and integrate this missiles , BDL is already manufactured more then 30 thousand variants of MILAN 1,2 Anti-tank missiles for India Army and has already signed contract for further orders of 4000 missiles of newer Milan 2T anti tank missile .
idrw.org has been told that DRDO is working on its own plans of developing a VL (Vertical launch ) version of under development ASTRA BVR (Beyond visual range missile) missile for all three armed forces
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