Bharat Dynamics signs pact with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to jointly produce Ice Breaker weapon system

Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd (Rafael) connected Tuesday announced the signing of a memorandum of knowing (MoU) to found the Indian accumulation of the Ice Breaker, a 5th-generation long-range autonomous precision-guided limb system. As portion of the deal, Rafael and BDL volition collaborate to nutrient the Ice Breaker astatine the Indian comapny's precocious facilities. The limb strategy volition beryllium offered to the Indian equipped forces.

Both companies said that their concern aligns with the government’s 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' (self-reliance India) initiative, emphasising the indigenous manufacturing and transportation of captious technologies.

"The MoU highlights the longstanding narration betwixt Rafael and BDL, built connected communal spot and a shared committedness to delivering advanced, Indian manufactured solutions. With the accumulation of the Ice Breaker, the Indian equipped forces tin readily payment from a next-generation limb strategy tailored to their unsocial operational needs, primed to reenforce India’s defence readiness and further the self-reliance policy," said an authoritative statement. 

What is the Ice Breaker?

It is simply a 5th-generation long-range autonomous precision-guided limb strategy susceptible of air-to-ground and surface-to-surface launches, acceptable to connection the Indian Armed Forces an agile, long-range standoff onslaught solution designed to conscionable the evolving challenges of modern battlefields, according to the statement. 

Ice Breaker's Advanced Capabilities

It is simply a versatile 5th-generation precision-guided rocket system, designed for long-range standoff attacks.

Compatible with aggregate aerial and crushed platforms, it offers important flexibility successful operational deployment.

Equipped with autonomous guidance systems, the Ice Breaker is optimised to onslaught precocious worth stationary and moving onshore targets, adjacent successful contested environments.

The Ice Breaker incorporates precocious technologies to code modern battlefield requirements portion delivering precocious operational effectiveness.

Strategic Partnership

“We are honored to deepen our concern with BDL by unneurotic bringing the accumulation of the Ice Breaker to India. This statement reflects our committedness to supporting India’s defence ecosystem with state-of-the-art exertion portion fostering indigenous capabilities successful enactment with the Aatmanirbhar Bharat imaginativeness and nether the enactment of our partners astatine BDL," said Yoav Tourgeman, CEO of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. 

“Our concern excellence combined with Rafael's unsocial technological solutions offers the Indian equipped forces and the section ecosystem an accidental for further maturation and efficiency. Producing the Ice Breaker successful India volition let our companies to supply an advanced, crippled changing strategy to the section market. We are assured successful this partnerships imaginable successful boosting section manufacture and supporting the Indian equipped forces," said Commodore A Madhavarao (Retd), Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Dynamics.