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Fielded across all three services; DAC cleared a further Army MRSAM procurement on 2026-07-03 within an approximately Rs 52,000 crore package.
On 3 July 2026, the Defence Acquisition Council granted Acceptance of Necessity for procurement of an Indian Army MRSAM weapon system, one item in a package of proposals estimated at about Rs 52,000 crore. On 30 March 2026, the Indian Navy received the Project 17A frigate Dunagiri with a weapon and sensor suite stated to include MFSTAR and an MRSAM complex. In April 2025, INS Surat carried out an MRSAM cooperative engagement against a sea-skimming target, while the Army completed four operational flight trials at long and short ranges and high and low altitudes, paving the way for two regiments. In January 2025, the Ministry of Defence contracted Bharat Dynamics Limited for approximately Rs 2,960 crore of Navy MRSAM missiles under the Buy (Indian) category. Barak-8 is the joint DRDO-IAI family fielded as naval LRSAM and as land-based MRSAM by the Army and Air Force, with vertical launch, a dual-pulse solid motor and an active RF seeker. The family matters because it gives India a common, networked layer of point and area air defence across warships, mobile Army formations and defended Air Force assets.
Updated 3 Jul 2026
Verified figures
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| MRSAM published range | 70 km ↗ |
| Guidance | Dual: command guidance and active RF radar seeker ↗ |
| Control | Thrust-vector control and aerodynamic control ↗ |
| Propulsion | Dual-pulse solid rocket motor ↗ |
| Warhead | Pre-fragmented ↗ |
| Fuze | Radio-proximity fuze (RPF) ↗ |
| Published flight time | 230 seconds ↗ |
| Missile length | 4,500 mm ↗ |
| Missile diameter | 225 mm ↗ |
| Missile weight | 275 kg ↗ |
| Launch arrangement | Vertical launch from ship or vehicle ↗ |
| Land-launcher load | Up to 8 canisterised missiles ↗ |
| Maximum altitude | 20 km for the BARAK LR interceptor ↗ |
| Threat set | Fighters, sea-skimming and cruise missiles, tactical ballistic missiles, UAVs, helicopters and gliding bombs ↗ |
Spec sources: bdl-india.in ↗ · tataadvancedsystems.com ↗ · iai.co.il ↗
Changelog
The Defence Acquisition Council granted Acceptance of Necessity for procurement of an Indian Army MRSAM weapon system as part of a group of defence proposals estimated at about Rs 52,000 crore.
Project 17A frigate Dunagiri was delivered to the Indian Navy at GRSE, Kolkata, with a weapon and sensor suite comprising MFSTAR and an MRSAM complex among other systems.
Indian Navy destroyer INS Surat used MRSAM in a precision cooperative engagement against a sea-skimming target.
DRDO and the Indian Army completed four operational MRSAM flight tests on 3-4 April from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, scoring direct hits at long range, short range, high altitude and low altitude and paving the way for two regiments.
The Ministry of Defence signed an approximately Rs 2,960 crore contract with Bharat Dynamics Limited for Indian Navy MRSAM missiles under the Buy (Indian) category.
Bharat Electronics Limited and Israel Aerospace Industries announced BEL IAI AeroSystems Private Limited as a Delhi-based joint venture for technical and maintenance life-cycle support of India's tri-service MRSAM systems.
Two Army MRSAM missiles achieved direct hits on sea-skimming and high-altitude high-speed targets at ITR Chandipur, completing the variant's development trials.
DRDO handed the first deliverable MRSAM firing unit to the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station Jaisalmer after an on-site acceptance test.
The final production batch of Indian Navy LRSAM missiles, integrated by Bharat Dynamics Limited, was flagged off at the APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex in Hyderabad after completion of the production order.
The maiden launch of the Army MRSAM from ITR Chandipur used a complete deliverable-configured firing unit and destroyed a high-speed unmanned aerial target with a direct hit.
INS Kochi and INS Chennai conducted the Indian Navy's maiden cooperative-engagement MRSAM firing, with one ship controlling missiles launched by both ships against separate aerial targets.
INS Chennai test-fired the naval LRSAM against a low-flying incoming aerial target and destroyed it with a direct hit.
IAI announced a USD 777 million contract with BEL for Barak-8 LRSAM systems for seven Indian Navy ships.
Israel Aerospace Industries announced contracts in India including more than US$1.6 billion for Indian Army MRSAM systems and additional LRSAM systems for India's first indigenous aircraft carrier.
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India's Defence Acquisition Council granted Acceptance of Necessity for proposals worth about Rs 52,000 crore on 3 July, a tri-service package weighted toward counter-drone weapons and layered air defence.
