BrahMos Aerospace explained

BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited
Type:Government-owned corporation
Owners:Defense Research and Development Organisation (India) and NPO Mashinostroeyenia (Russia)
Hq Location:New Delhi, India
Key People:Atul Dinkar Rane
Industry:Aerospace and Defense
Assets:US$5 billion (2013)
Products:Cruise missiles
Homepage: brahmos.com

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.

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

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 70% share stake in the company and Russia holds the other 30% .

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 set up a 200-acre 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.

BrahMos is having other manufacturing facilities and production centre in Nagpur in Maharashtra and Pilani in Rajasthan.[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

Sr. No. Name From Till
1. 1998 2014
2. 2014 2021
3. Atul Dinkar Rane 2021 Current

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2022-05-12 . India successfully test-fires extended-range version of BrahMos missile from Sukhoi . The Economic Times . 2023-06-19 . 0013-0389.
  2. Web site: MTCR benefit: India, Russia to develop 600-km range cruise missiles that can cover entire Pakistan . The Economic Times. 19 October 2016.
  3. Web site: BrahMos missile with higher range: This 'killer' India-Russia project will scare Pakistan and China . The Financial Express (India). 19 October 2016.
  4. News: About BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited. BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited. 4 December 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130802083303/http://batl.co.in/about_us.php. 2 August 2013.
  5. News: Missile man of India Sivathanu Pillai describes BrahMos plans. The Hindu . 31 December 2007. 28 February 2012.
  6. News: BrahMos takes over KELTEC. The Hindu . 6 December 2007. 28 February 2012.
  7. News: Rajnath Singh inaugurates Brahmos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow. 27 December 2021. Business Standard. 14 January 2022.
  8. News: Uttar Pradesh to start manufacturing BrahMos missiles soon. Times of India. 24 August 2021. 14 January 2022.
  9. News: 3rd BrahMos centre in Nagpur. Deccan Chronicle. 6 July 2012. 8 July 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120706083632/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/3rd-brahmos-centre-nagpur-162. 6 July 2012.
  10. News: BrahMos Aerospace. BrahMos Aerospace. 14 January 2022. 12 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230212092119/https://www.brahmos.com/. dead.