- BrahMos Aerospace- It is a joint venture between India and Russia founded in 1998 with the aim to develop, design, manufacture and market world’s only supersonic cruise missile system-BrahMos.
- Ownership-India holds a 50.5% stake, while Russia holds a 49.5% share in the venture.
- Origin- The BrahMos missile itself is derived from the Russia’s P-800 Oniks (also known as Yakhont ) missile, which was first tested in 1990s.
- Brahmos missile- Brahmos is named on the rivers Brahmaputra (India) and Moskva (Russia), it is a is a two-stage (solid propellant engine in the first stage and liquid ramjet in second) air to surface missile.
- Indian Navy- The base version of the missile has been part of the Indian Navy’s arsenal since 2005.
- Indian Army- Since 2007, the Army has utilized the missile’s vertical launch configuration for mobile autonomous launchers.
- Indian Air Force- Recently inducted, the Air Force has integrated the BRAHMOS-ER missiles onto its Su-30MKI fighter aircraft.
- In 2023 Ministry of Defence had signed a deal with BrahMos Aerospace for procuring long range missiles and maritime mobile coastal batteries for the Indian Navy.
- The Indian Navy’s warships or destroyers of the
- Vishakhapatnam class (Vishakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal),
- Kolkata class (Kolkata, Kochi, Chennai),
- Delhi class (Delhi, Mysore, Mumbai),
- Rajput class (Ranvir, Ranvijay) and
- Frigates of the
- Shivalik class (Shivalik, Satpura, Sahyadri) and
- Talwar class (Teg, Tarkash and Trikand) are already equipped with BrahMos missiles.
- BrahMos Indigenisation plan- Indian Navy has a 15 year plan in place to boost Indian manufacturing of weapons including the BrahMos missile.
- Indigenous capacity- In 1998, the indigenous capacity of the BrahMos project was only 13% which was increased to 75% in 2023.
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