The BrahMos Aerospace is an Indo-Russian multinational

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and defense corporation, with core manufacturing concentrations in Cruise missiles. Headquartered in

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, it was founded as a

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between the India's

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and NPO Mashinostroyenia of Russia. Company's name is a

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of India and the Moskva of Russia. The company currently manufactures BrahMos missile with a range of 300 km and traveling at speeds of Mach 4. It is currently developing

BrahMos-II BrahMos-II or BrahMos-2 or BrahMos Mach II (note:Not to be confused with the BrahMos block II) is a hypersonic cruise missile currently under joint development by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia's NPO Mashinostroye ...

, a hypersonic cruise missile. India is a member of the

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, India and Russia are now planning to jointly develop a new generation of Brahmos missiles with 600 km-plus range and an ability to hit protected targets with pinpoint accuracy.

History

After the

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of the 1990s, there was a feeling that it was necessary to have a cruise missile system in India. As a result, in 1998, 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

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. In 2007, BrahMos Aerospace acquired

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and converted it into BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited which made it into the second missile making unit for a world-class missile facility with system integration and testing. BrahMos Aerospace is going to setup 200 acres factory for the production of BrahMos NG in

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. This third unit that will be involved in the production of BrahMos missile.

is planning to set up a third production centre in

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in Maharashtra.

Aim and objective

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

Organisation and leadership

References

External links

Official

* {{official website, http://www.brahmos.com/
Official Website of the BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Limited

BrahMos - A project of two Governments

BrahMos - A Missile with a Niche

Others

India and Russia will decide on export of BrahMos

BATL set to make BrahMos engines

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh commends BrahMos team

BrahMos Aerospace plans expansion

Defence Research and Development Organisation Defence companies of India Indian companies established in 1998 India–Russia relations Tactical Missiles Corporation 1998 establishments in Delhi