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Under exigency procurement powers, the Indian Army has signed a ₹293 crore declaration with backstage defence shaper NIBE Limited, successful collaboration with Israel, for the proviso of an precocious long-range rocket launcher strategy with onslaught capabilities of 150 km and 300 km.
The acquisition volition importantly heighten the Army’s deep-strike artillery firepower and operational reach.
The improvement was confirmed by Pune-based defence shaper NIBE Limited successful a missive to Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE), connected Friday (January 3, 2026). “The institution has entered into a proviso declaration with Indian Army, Ministry of Defence, Government of India for manufacturing and proviso of crushed equipment, accessories, ESP and ammunition for cosmopolitan rocket launcher strategy susceptible of integrating aggregate rocket types including rockets striking astatine agelong ranges of 150 km and 300 km for a full information of ₹292.69 crore (inclusive of each taxes and duties),” the missive mentioned.
The system, Suryastra, is India’s archetypal Made successful India cosmopolitan multi-calibre rocket launcher, susceptible of executing precision surface-to-surface strikes astatine ranges extending up to 300 km. Designed to prosecute aggregate targets simultaneously astatine varying ranges, the strategy achieves a precocious grade of accuracy with a circular mistake probable (CEP) of little than 5 metres during trials. The aforesaid launcher is besides susceptible of firing loitering munitions up to a scope of 100 km, enhancing operational flexibility.
In July 2025, the defence shaper has signed a Technology Collaboration Agreement (TCA) with Israeli defence large Elbit Systems to manufacture the precocious cosmopolitan rocket launcher strategy (SURYA) successful India. This marks the archetypal clip a high-precision rocket launcher strategy with onslaught capableness up to 300 km is being produced domestically, supporting the government’s thrust connected Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
On December 26, 2025, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) of the Defence Ministry cleared a connection to let defence forces to motion contracts nether exigency procurement (EP) powers till January 15, 2026.
Under the EP provisions, the equipped services tin procure weapons systems worthy upto ₹300 crore connected an urgent ground without immoderate further clearances. Deliveries should statesman successful six months and extremity wrong a twelvemonth of the declaration date.
Recently, DRDO president Samir V. Kamat said they volition soon statesman manufacturing caller variants of the Pinaka rocket strategy with extended ranges of 120 km and 300 km. These systems are expected to beryllium inducted into the Indian Army wrong the adjacent 3 to 5 years.
