BrahMos Aerospace

The BrahMos Aerospace is an Indo-Russian multinational aerospace and defense corporation, with core manufacturing concentrations in Cruise missiles. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, it was founded as a joint venture between the India's Defence Research and Development Organisation and NPO Mashinostroyenia of Russia. Company's name is a portmanteau formed from the names of two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.

BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited
TypeGovernment-owned corporation
IndustryAerospace and Defense
Founded(05 December 1995 (05 December 1995))
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Key people
Atul Dinkar Rane
(CEO & Managing Director)
ProductsCruise missiles
Total assetsUS$5 billion (2013)
OwnersDefense Research and Development Organisation (India) and NPO Mashinostroeyenia (Russia)
Websitebrahmos.com

The company currently manufactures BrahMos missile with a range of 290 km and traveling at speeds of Mach 2.8.[1] It is currently developing BrahMos-II, a hypersonic cruise missile.

India is a member of the MTCR, India and Russia are now planning to jointly develop a new generation of Brahmos missiles with 600 km-plus range[2] and an ability to hit protected targets with pinpoint accuracy.[2][3]

History
Founder CEO Sivathanu Pillai introducing a model missile to 13th Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh at BrahMos Complex in New Delhi.
BrahMos Aerospace stall at Defexpo 2016 in New Delhi.

After the Gulf War of the 1990s, there was a feeling that it was necessary to have a cruise missile system in India. As a result, in 1995, then Scientific Advisor of India to Defense Minister A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Deputy Defence Minister of Russia N.V. Mikhailov signed an inter-governmental agreement in Moscow.

India holds a 50.5% share stake in the company and Russia holds the other 49.5%.

Expansion

BrahMos Aerospace production centre first started at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. In 2007, BrahMos Aerospace acquired Kerala Hitech Industries Limited at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala and converted it into BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited[4] which made it into the second missile making unit for a world-class missile facility with system integration and testing.[5][6]

BrahMos Aerospace is going to setup 200 acres factory for the production of BrahMos NG in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow.[7][8] This third unit that will be involved in the production of BrahMos missile.

Defence Research and Development Organisation is planning to set up a third production centre in Nagpur in Maharashtra.[9]

Aim and objective

The fulfill the aim which was to design, develop, manufacture and market the world's fastest supersonic cruise missile system.[10]

Organisation and leadership

References
  1. "India successfully test-fires extended-range version of BrahMos missile from Sukhoi". The Economic Times. 12 May 2022. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  2. "MTCR benefit: India, Russia to develop 600-km range cruise missiles that can cover entire Pakistan". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. "BrahMos missile with higher range: This 'killer' India-Russia project will scare Pakistan and China". The Financial Express (India). Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  4. "About BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited". BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  5. "Missile man of India Sivathanu Pillai describes BrahMos plans". The Hindu. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  6. "BrahMos takes over KELTEC". The Hindu. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  7. "Rajnath Singh inaugurates Brahmos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow". Business Standard. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. "Uttar Pradesh to start manufacturing BrahMos missiles soon". Times of India. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  9. "3rd BrahMos centre in Nagpur". Deccan Chronicle. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  10. "BrahMos Aerospace". BrahMos Aerospace. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

Official

Others
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.