Which company will co-produce HAMMER missiles in India under the India-France deal?

Explanation

The PIB release records a "Joint Venture between BEL and Safran to produce HAMMER missiles in India" among India-France outcomes. BEL-Safran is the company pairing for HAMMER missile co-production in India under the deal. The official wording ties the HAMMER missile production activity to a BEL-Safran joint venture and places it within the India-France agreement context.

Why the other options are wrong

• (B) HAL-Dassault is not the pairing for HAMMER missile production in India under the India-France deal; BEL and Safran form the relevant joint venture.
• (C) L&T-MBDA is not linked to HAMMER missile production in India under the India-France outcomes; BEL-Safran is linked to that production activity.
• (D) DRDO-Thales is not the joint venture for HAMMER missile production in India; the joint venture is between BEL and Safran.

Concept

This tests Science and Technology current affairs around defence-production outcomes in bilateral agreements. RAS tends to ask such items as named-entity recall from official announcements, where the exact institutional pairing matters.

Source

• Press Information Bureau, Government of India
• https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=2229255&lang=2&reg=3

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