Israeli
President Reuven Rivlin arrived in New
Delhi on an eight-day visit to India.
Nov 20, 2016
Mr
Rivlin paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at
Rajghat. After signing several deals, encompassing
agriculture, water management, Scietific research, fight
against terrorism and security, both Narendra Modi
and President Rivlin made a joint statement at a press
conference.
Apr 06, 2017
India and Israel signed
mega defence deals worth over 2 billion dollar for advanced
surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems.
The SAM systems are designed to destroy hostile aircraft,
missiles and drones at a range of 70-km. Ministry of Defense
sources said the major deal was for the joint project between
the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the Barak-8 medium-range
SAM systems to initially include one regiment of 16 launchers
and 560 missiles for the Indian Army.
India & Israel's $2.5bn Deal For New Surface-To-Air Missile
Cleared