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The company currently manufactures [[BrahMos]] missile with a range of 300 km and traveling at speeds of [[Mach (speed)|Mach]] 4. It is currently developing [[BrahMos-II]], a [[Cruise missile#Hypersonic|hypersonic cruise missile]].
The company currently manufactures [[BrahMos]] missile with a range of 300 km and traveling at speeds of [[Mach (speed)|Mach]] 4. It is currently developing [[BrahMos-II]], a [[Cruise missile#Hypersonic|hypersonic cruise missile]].


India is a member of the [[Missile Technology Control Regime|MTCR]], India and Russia are now planning to jointly develop a new generation of Brahmos missiles with 600&nbsp;km-plus range<ref name="India MTCR Brahmos range 600">{{cite web|title=MTCR benefit: India, Russia to develop 600-km range cruise missiles that can cover entire Pakistan |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/mtcr-benefit-india-russia-to-develop-600-km-range-cruise-missiles-that-can-cover-entire-pakistan/articleshow/54926916.cms|work=[[The Economic Times]]|accessdate=19 October 2022}}</ref> and an ability to hit protected targets with pinpoint accuracy.<ref name="India MTCR Brahmos range 600"/><ref name="India MTCR Brahmos">{{cite web|title=BrahMos missile with higher range: This 'killer' India-Russia project will scare Pakistan and China |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/brahmos-missile-range-highlights-india-russia-modi-putin-mtcr-pakistan-china/424178/|work=[[The Financial Express (India)]]|accessdate=19 October 2022}}</ref>
India is a member of the [[Missile Technology Control Regime|MTCR]], India and Russia are now planning to jointly develop a new generation of Brahmos missiles with 600&nbsp;km-plus range<ref name="India MTCR Brahmos range 600">{{cite web|title=MTCR benefit: India, Russia to develop 600-km range cruise missiles that can cover entire Pakistan |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/mtcr-benefit-india-russia-to-develop-600-km-range-cruise-missiles-that-can-cover-entire-pakistan/articleshow/54926916.cms|work=[[The Economic Times]]|accessdate=19 October 2016}}</ref> and an ability to hit protected targets with pinpoint accuracy.<ref name="India MTCR Brahmos range 600"/><ref name="India MTCR Brahmos">{{cite web|title=BrahMos missile with higher range: This 'killer' India-Russia project will scare Pakistan and China |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/brahmos-missile-range-highlights-india-russia-modi-putin-mtcr-pakistan-china/424178/|work=[[The Financial Express (India)]]|accessdate=19 October 2016}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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===Expansion===
===Expansion===
BrahMos Aerospace production centre first started at [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in [[Telangana|Andhra Pradesh]]. In 2007, BrahMos Aerospace acquired [[Kerala Hitech Industries Limited]] at [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in [[Kerala]] and converted it into BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited<ref name="BATL Kerala">{{cite news|url=http://www.batl.co.in/about_us.php|title=About BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited|work=BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited|accessdate=4 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802083303/http://batl.co.in/about_us.php|archivedate=2 August 2022}}</ref> which made it into the second missile making unit for a world-class missile facility with system integration and testing.<ref name = "Missile Man Pillai">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article1977991.ece|title=Missile man of India Sivathanu Pillai describes BrahMos plans|work=The Hindu |date=31 December 2007|accessdate=28 February 2022}}</ref><ref name = "BrahMos KELTEC">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article1962270.ece|title=BrahMos takes over KELTEC|work=The Hindu |date=6 December 2007|accessdate=28 February 2022}}</ref>
BrahMos Aerospace production centre first started at [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in [[Telangana|Andhra Pradesh]]. In 2007, BrahMos Aerospace acquired [[Kerala Hitech Industries Limited]] at [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in [[Kerala]] and converted it into BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited<ref name="BATL Kerala">{{cite news|url=http://www.batl.co.in/about_us.php|title=About BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited|work=BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited|accessdate=4 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802083303/http://batl.co.in/about_us.php|archivedate=2 August 2013}}</ref> which made it into the second missile making unit for a world-class missile facility with system integration and testing.<ref name = "Missile Man Pillai">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article1977991.ece|title=Missile man of India Sivathanu Pillai describes BrahMos plans|work=The Hindu |date=31 December 2007|accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref><ref name = "BrahMos KELTEC">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article1962270.ece|title=BrahMos takes over KELTEC|work=The Hindu |date=6 December 2007|accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref>


BrahMos Aerospace is going to setup 200 acres factory for the production of [[BrahMos#Further developments|BrahMos NG]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]'s [[Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/rajnath-singh-inaugurates-brahmos-missile-manufacturing-unit-in-lucknow-121122600508_1.html|title=Rajnath Singh inaugurates Brahmos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow|date=27 December 2021|website=Business Standard|access-date=14 January 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/uttar-pradesh-to-start-manufacturing-brahmos-missiles-soon/amp_articleshow/85592222.cms|title=Uttar Pradesh to start manufacturing BrahMos missiles soon|website=Times of India|date=24 August 2021|access-date=14 January 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> This third unit that will be involved in the production of BrahMos missile.{{fact|date=December 2022}}
BrahMos Aerospace is going to setup 200 acres factory for the production of [[BrahMos#Further developments|BrahMos NG]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]'s [[Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/rajnath-singh-inaugurates-brahmos-missile-manufacturing-unit-in-lucknow-121122600508_1.html|title=Rajnath Singh inaugurates Brahmos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow|date=27 December 2021|website=Business Standard|access-date=14 January 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/uttar-pradesh-to-start-manufacturing-brahmos-missiles-soon/amp_articleshow/85592222.cms|title=Uttar Pradesh to start manufacturing BrahMos missiles soon|website=Times of India|date=24 August 2021|access-date=14 January 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> This third unit that will be involved in the production of BrahMos missile.{{fact|date=December 2022}}


[[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] is planning to set up a third production centre in [[Nagpur]] in [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="BrahMos production expansion">{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/3rd-brahmos-centre-nagpur-162|title=3rd BrahMos centre in Nagpur|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=6 July 2012|accessdate=8 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706083632/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/3rd-brahmos-centre-nagpur-162|archivedate=6 July 2022}}</ref>
[[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] is planning to set up a third production centre in [[Nagpur]] in [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="BrahMos production expansion">{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/3rd-brahmos-centre-nagpur-162|title=3rd BrahMos centre in Nagpur|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=6 July 2012|accessdate=8 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706083632/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/3rd-brahmos-centre-nagpur-162|archivedate=6 July 2012}}</ref>


==Aim and objective==
==Aim and objective==

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BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited
IndustryAerospace and Defense
Founded(12 February 1998 (12 February 1998))
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Key people
Atul Dinkar Rane
(CEO & Managing Director)
ProductsCruise missiles
Total assetsUS$5 billion (2013)
OwnersDefense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO, India) and Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO Mashinostroeyenia (Russia)
Websitebrahmos.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 300 km and traveling at speeds of Mach 4. 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[1] and an ability to hit protected targets with pinpoint accuracy.[1][2]

History[edit]

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 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.[citation needed]

India holds a 50.5% share stake in the company and Russia holds the other 49.5%.[citation needed]

Expansion[edit]

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[3] which made it into the second missile making unit for a world-class missile facility with system integration and testing.[4][5]

BrahMos Aerospace is going to setup 200 acres factory for the production of BrahMos NG in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow.[6][7] This third unit that will be involved in the production of BrahMos missile.[citation needed]

Defence Research and Development Organisation is planning to set up a third production centre in Nagpur in Maharashtra.[8]

Aim and objective[edit]

The fulfill the aim which was to design, develop, manufacture and market the world's fastest supersonic cruise missile system.[9]

Organisation and leadership[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "MTCR benefit: India, Russia to develop 600-km range cruise missiles that can cover entire Pakistan". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "BrahMos missile with higher range: This 'killer' India-Russia project will scare Pakistan and China". The Financial Express (India). Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "About BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited". BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Missile man of India Sivathanu Pillai describes BrahMos plans". The Hindu. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "BrahMos takes over KELTEC". The Hindu. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "Rajnath Singh inaugurates Brahmos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow". Business Standard. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh to start manufacturing BrahMos missiles soon". Times of India. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "3rd BrahMos centre in Nagpur". Deccan Chronicle. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "BrahMos Aerospace". BrahMos Aerospace. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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