Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) and MBDA on Tuesday announced setting up a facility for the Final Assembly, Integration and Test (FAIT) for Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) missiles in India. BDA is European multinational developer & manufacturer of missiles. Now, the BDL and the MBDA, UK signed a licensing agreement in this regard, under which the MBDA will transfer the equipment and knowledge to the BDL for establishing the facility. Work on establishing this facility in India is about to start immediately and is expected to start operations by 2022-23. The new facility will provide India with the ability to carry out final assembly, integration and test of ASRAAM missiles. This new ASRAAM facility will have the potential to conduct maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of ASRAAM missiles. The facility can also be adapted to conduct final assembly, integration and test of the MBDA's others missiles such as CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile), used by the Sea Ceptor naval air defense system that which will fulfill India’s Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SRSAM) requirement. MBDA's Common Anti-Air Modular Missile is surface to air variant of ASRAAM with updated electronics and an active radar homing seeker. BDL will be manufacturing ASRAAM at its Bhanur Unit for the domestic and export purpose through the MBDA. Talking about the deal, the agreement was signed by BDL's technical Director, N.P. Diwakar, and MBDA's Director for International Industrial Cooperation, George Kyria-kides, in the presence of BDL Chairman and Managing Director, Commodore Siddharth Mishra (retd), at a virtual ceremony. The deal was signed in the presence of senior officials of both the companies. Now BDL chairman and managing director Sidharth Mishra stated that signing of the licensing agreement reinforces the BDL's commitment to contribute towards the government's 'Make in India' and the 'Atmanirbhar' initiatives in the defense sector. The BDL has been attempting to enter into tie-up with foreign OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) in pursuit of its expansion programme. The agreement signed with MBDA is prominent example of one such effort, which will go a long way in further strengthening the collaboration which BDL has with MBDA for its various missile programmes. MBDA has a long and highly successful history of working with BDL for over four decades of partnership that has seen BDL manufacture 50,000 of MBDA-designed Milan missiles in India. The agreement to establish the facility follows on from an earlier MoU between BDL and MBDA on ASRAAM FAIT signed during 2019. Talking about ASRAAM, In Within visual range combat, the ability to strike first is vital. A pilot engaging an enemy needs a missile that is able to react more rapidly than ever before, with the speed and agility to maximize the probability of a kill regardless of the target aircraft's evasive manoeuvres or the deployment of countermeasures. It is a Within Visual Range Air Dominance weapon. It is a New Generation Close Combat Missile. Its low drag, aerodynamic airframe, matchless speed and maneuverability throughout its flight, increased agility make the best missile in its category of weapons. The missile has full 'Lock on Before Launch' and 'Lock On After Launch' operating modes. ASRAAM is in service with the UK Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force. India has also ordered the weapon for over wing carriage on its Jaguar aircraft. Already fully integrated with proven reliability on Eurofighter Typhoon, Tornado and F/A-18, ASRAAM is also integrated onto the F-35 Lightning II. Talking about the Technical specifications of ASRAAM: It has a Weight of 88kg, Length of 2.9m, diameter of 166mm and Range of 25km. The missile can fly at a speed of mach 3 or above. Talking about its Seeker, it has a Long acquisition range Focal plane array IIR seeker with Seeker detector cooling. The missile uses Impact and laser proximity fuzes and High lethality, blast fragmentation warhead. It uses a Rocket motor of 166mm (6.5 inches) diameter with low signature.
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