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Indian Brahmos Missile May Get French Navigation System Technology.

1 Jul, 2015 8:09 | 2015

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Indian Brahmos Missile May Get French Navigation System Technology

According to Indo-Asian News Service, France has agreed 'in principle' to India's request for a crucial internal guidance technology to be provided by French company Safran (Sagem) for the BrahMos anti-ship missile. The issue was discussed in a bilateral meeting between the French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian and visiting Indian Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit Singh.

A Brahmos missile is vertically launched from INS Tarkash (F50)

French company Sagem (Safran group) is an expert in inertial navigation systems as well as seekers for missiles. Singh pointed out that Sagem would not be transferring the technology to the Indian government but to BrahMos, which is an Indo-Russian joint venture, even though the navigation system is for missiles of below 300 km range.

Jointly developed by India and Russia, the Brahmos missile has a range of 290 km (180 miles) and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg (660 lbs). It can effectively engage targets from an altitude as low as 10 meters (30 feet) and has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the U.S.-made subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile.

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