Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Indian Air Force (IAF) and BrahMos jointly successfully conducted two BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles tests today, one each from land and air platforms. The first missile launch was from a land based mobile launcher, where most of the components were indigenous, including the missile airframe, fuel management system and […]

DefenceTalkThe Indian Army on Tuesday successfully test fired an advanced version of the Brahmos land-attack cruise missile in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, revalidating the weapon’s strike capability. The land-to-land configuration of Brahmos missile was launched from a mobile autonomous launcher (MAL). The test firing of the block-III version of the missile demonstrated the weapon’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-army-successfully-test-fires-brahmos-land-attack-missile-69901/

DefenceTalkThe BrahMos light cruise missile will be mounted both in submarines’ torpedo launchers and on Russia’s fifth-generation T-50 PAK FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) fighter jet, CEO and General Designer of the Machine-Building R&D Consortium Alexander Leonov said on Friday. “We are working on the missile’s light version. It should fit the size […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-india-to-develop-brahmos-light-cruise-missile-for-pak-fa-fighter-jet-68947/

DefenceTalkThe Russian military are interested in buying the BrahMos cruise missiles, which were developed jointly with India, for equipping its Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters, a military-diplomatic source told TASS on Wednesday. “The new missile strike system – a plane plus a missile – will be first of all made operational with the Indian Air Force. After […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-may-buy-brahmos-cruise-missiles-for-su-30sm-fighters-68132/

DefenceTalkBrahMos Aerospace today on 25th of June 2016 successfully demonstrated the integration of world’s most formidable supersonic cruise missile system BRAHMOS on Su-30MKI frontline strike fighter of the Indian Air Force (IAF). The demonstration flight, carried out at HAL Nasik, involved carriage of BRAHMOS weapon on the long-range Sukhoi-30 fighter, giving a major fillip to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-flies-brahmos-missile-on-su-30-fighter-aircraft-67721/

DefenceTalkR&D work on the hypersonic version of the Russian-Indian BrahMos missile will start approximately in 2022, Marketing Director of the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace Company Praveen Pathak told TASS on Thursday. A prototype of the BrahMos hypersonic missile is expected to be manufactured in 2024, the marketing director added. “This will be another missile with a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-india-prototype-brahmos-hypersonic-missile-67582/

DefenceTalkPARIS: 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 missiles. 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 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-to-supply-key-technology-for-brahmos-missiles-64604/

DefenceTalkThe Indian Air Force plans to start mounting BrahMos cruise missiles on its aircraft in 2016, BrahMos Aerospace CEO Sudhir Mishra told RIA Novosti Wednesday. The short-range supersonic missile was jointly developed by Russia and India and has been in use by the Indian Navy since 2005. “The missile is scheduled to be adopted in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-air-force-to-use-brahmos-missile-by-2016-63576/

DefenceTalkAccording to Sputnik News, India and Russia are to discuss modernizing India’s Su-30MKI Flanker-H fleet at Aero India 2015 in Bangalore. India is in the midst of a massive, military-wide modernization push that includes procurement of new assets as well as multiple and intensive upgrades to existing inventory. Some estimates put the total cost at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-su-30mki-may-receive-brahmos-capability-aesa-63142/

DefenceTalkIndia successfully test-fired its first domestically built nuclear-capable long-range cruise missile Friday, marking another step in building up the country´s defence prowess. The “Nirbhay”, or “fearless”, missile blasted off from a mobile launcher at the Integrated Missile Test Range in Chandipur in the eastern state of Orissa, the Press Trust of India reported. “The trial […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-fires-first-home-made-cruise-missile-60771/