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| Company type | Government-owned corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace and Defense |
| Founded | 05 December 1995 |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
Key people | Atul Dinkar Rane (CEO & Managing Director) |
| Products | Cruise missiles |
| Total assets | US$5 billion (2013) |
| Owners | Defense Research and Development Organisation (India) and NPO Mashinostroeyenia (Russia) |
| Website | 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 Mashinostroyeniya 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 800 km and traveling at speeds of Mach 2.8.[1] It is also reportedly developing BrahMos-II, a hypersonic cruise missile.[2]
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[3] and an ability to hit protected targets with pinpoint accuracy.[3][4]
As of 2006, BAPL had a production rate of 100 missiles per year with plans to increase the number to 400 by 2009.[5] As of 2024, the under-construction Lucknow facility will produce 80-100 missiles a year when it starts operation in 2026.[6]
- ^ Menon, Adithya Krishna (2 February 2024). "Indian Navy Tests BrahMos Missile With 'Enhanced Range' of 900 km". Naval News. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "BrahMos 2 Hypersonic Missile to be ready in five years". The Economic Times. 10 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ a b "MTCR benefit: India, Russia to develop 600-km range cruise missiles that can cover entire Pakistan". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "BrahMos missile with higher range: This 'killer' India-Russia project will scare Pakistan and China". The Financial Express (India). Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Grevatt, J. (1 March 2007). "BrahMos plans to boost missile production by 300%". ResearchGate.
- ^ "Lucknow shoots for the sky with Brahmos missile". The Times of India. 23 September 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 November 2024.