NEW DELHI, August 2. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The Russia-India Joint Venture BrahMos Aerospace expects orders for BrahMos cruise missiles from the Indian Army and Air Force, company CEO Atul Rane told TASS.
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BrahMos is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarine, ship, aircraft, or land (Picture source: Army Recognition)
“The Indian Armed Forces have highly assessed the BrahMos missile. The Army has a lot of them in service, four regiments are already operational. We expect that there will be an order for the fifth regiment very soon. The Air Force is interested in acquiring more missiles. They operate Su-30 planes, I expect them to want to equip 30 more fighters with BrahMos missiles,” he said.
According to Rane, negotiations on this issue are already underway. “This is an ongoing process, we are in constant dialogue,” the CEO said.
He recalled that the Indian Navy declared Brahmos missiles to be its advanced strike weapons. “All the ships that are being built for the Indian Navy will carry BrahMos missiles. Now more than a dozen Indian ships have already been equipped with them,” Rane said. At the same time, work is underway to modernize ships that are not able to carry BrahMos missiles yet.
Rane said that the Indian Armed Forces had already performed about 65 flight tests of the BrahMos missile, and the company itself had conducted 30-35 development launches. “Thus, in total, the BrahMos missile was launched about 100 times. And there were only a couple of unsuccessful launches. All systems worked perfectly, with accuracy,” he stressed.
The BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile produced by the Russia-India Joint Venture BrahMos Aerospace. The missile has been jointly developed by Russia’s NPO Mashinostroeniya and India’s Defense Research and Development Organization.
The first test launch of the BrahMos missile took place in 2001. Its different versions are operational with India’s Navy, Air Force and Army. BrahMos Aerospace is based in New Delhi. The BrahMos missile was named after the Brahmaputra River of India and the Moskva River of Russia.
The BrahMos coastal defense missile system at the 69th Republic Day Celebration military parade at the Rajpath in New Delhi on January 26, 2018. (Picture source: The Hindu)
BrahMos Aerospace expects to ink a deal on BrahMos missiles with Brazil and Chile in 3-4 years
NEW DELHI, August 2. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The Russia-India Joint Venture BrahMos Aerospace expects to complete negotiations on the export of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to Brazil and Chile in three to four years, Company CEO Atul Rane told TASS.
“Latin America may take a little more time, that will be maybe three to four years,” he said. The talk is about Brazil and Chile, he added.
Rane also said that in the next three years, orders for missiles are expected to increase “by another $4 billion.” “As for exports, $2.5 billion to $3 billion in the next three years. We expect that sort of volume of sales,” he pointed out.
The CEO stressed that BrahMos Aerospace is in talks with countries Russia has trade relations with. “We cannot hold talks with countries, with which Russia doesn’t have a partnership,” he said, stressing that a country must fall under the category of friendly in order to negotiate with it.
The BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile produced by the Russia-India Joint Venture BrahMos Aerospace. The missile has been jointly developed by Russia’s NPO Mashinostroeniya and India’s Defense Research and Development Organization.
The first test launch of the BrahMos missile took place in 2001. Its different versions are operational with India’s Navy, Air Force and Army. BrahMos Aerospace is based in New Delhi. The BrahMos missile was named after the Brahmaputra River of India and the Moskva River of Russia.
The first BrahMos export contract worth $375 million was signed with the Philippines in January this year. Under the contract, Manila will get three batteries of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles within the next three years.
BrahMos Aerospace to take part in Army 2022 forum
NEW DELHI, August 2. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The Russia-India Joint Venture BrahMos Aerospace will take part in the Army 2022 forum and show a preliminary design of the new-generation BrahMos missile, the BrahMos-NG, Company CEO Atul Rane told TASS.
“We will take part in the Army 2022 forum in August and bring all the versions, including the preliminary design of the BrahMos-NG missile, there,” he said.
Speaking about plans to take part in other international exhibitions, Rane noted that his company had always participated in Russia’s MAKS air show. “We are going to participate in an arms exhibition in Thailand at the end of August, in Indonesia in November, and then in South Africa. There will be an exhibition in Egypt in December, we have not yet decided whether we will go there or not. All these states are our potential customers, as well as their neighboring countries,” he said.
As for arms exhibitions in Europe, Rane said that his company “does not need” them. “Because we don’t sell our missiles to them,” he explained.
Myanmar may acquire BrahMos missiles on credit from India
NEW DELHI, August 2. /TASS-DEFENSE/. Myanmar might purchase Russian-Indian BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles, which are being manufactured by the two countries’ joint venture BrahMos Aerospace, by borrowing money from the Indian government, Company CEO Atul Rane told TASS.
“Myanmar is ready to buy [the BrahMos missiles], but do they have money? It’s us who will have to provide the financing. Many countries ask us to do it. We will have to think about such a credit line for Myanmar,” he said. According to the company’s CEO, “if BrahMos Aerospace accepts these terms, it will be a credit line from India, not from Russia”. “The Russian government can only approve the sale to one country or another,” Rane explained.
He also added that “many countries are being considered as possible credit recipients in order to buy the BrahMos missiles”. “You see how it goes: many of them show interest in our missiles, saying, ‘Yes, we want them’. But when they see the price, they realize that our missile is expensive, and although they admit that it is the best cruise missile in the world — the fastest, the deadliest — they cannot afford it,” Rane said. Speaking of the BrahMos missile’s price, the CEO also noted that “it corresponds to the missile of this category”.
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