Question : On 13 January 2021; Thales of UK has signed a Teaming Agreement with which of the following Indian defense equipment company to develop the STARStreak Air Defence system?
a) Bharat Dynamics Limited(BDL)
b) Tata Advanced Systems.
c) Mahindra Defence Systems (MDS)
d) Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS)
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:-
- 13 January 2021; Bharat Dynamics and Thales have signed a Teaming Agreement to work in partnership on the STARStreak Air Defence system.
- These companies will now develop this system with the support of both the Governments of India and the United Kingdom.
- Under this agreement the BDL will now become a part of the STARStreak global supply chain.
- It wiil in this way provide, through this agreement, the opportunity for export of the system to existing and future STARStreak Air Defence customers.
- BDL, as a part of its Global Outreach, is endeavoring to forge alliance with foreign companies to take the Make in India mission further.
- It should be known that, Thales and BDL already have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to assess the opportunity for the transfer of technology for STARStreak.
- The signing of this teaming agreement at present, confirms a positive outcome from that exploration process.
- Present agreement will also provide opportunity for BDL to offer STARStreak missile system to the Indian Armed Forces.
- It is to be noted that company will use as maximum as 60% of indigenous content as well as Design and Development of the system and therefore qualifying it under the Make in India programme.
- The agreement also represents opportunity for industrial cooperation between UK and India.
- This will ultimately facilitate for closer collaboration and co-development between industries of the two nations.
By – Rajesh Tripathi
Links:-
https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/bharat-dynamics-and-thales-partner-to-manufacture-starstreak-air-defence-system-in-india-121011400859_1.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/bdl-signs-pact-with-thales-to-make-starstreak-missile-systems/article33584151.ece