The Philippines has announced the procurement of the BrahMos medium-range supersonic cruise missile under the third horizon of the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Program (RAFPMP). "Philippine Army’s acquisition of BrahMos is programmed under the 3rd Horizon (2023-2027) of the RAFPMP. Hence, the army is yet to acquire said units since we…
DRDO Test-Flies BrahMos Featuring Indigenous Booster
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India announced today that it has successfully flight tested the extended range BrahMos missile featuring indigenous booster. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. "BrahMos surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile featuring indigenous Booster and Airframe Section along with many other ‘Made in India’ sub-systems was successfully flight tested for…
Philippins Intends to Buy BrahMos Missiles from India
Several sources from Indian and Philippine have reported that Philippines intends to buy BrahMos missiles from India. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. Some sources quoted the Indian Ambassador to Philippine saying that there are talks for the purchase of a number of defence platforms from India including the BrahMos missile. “There are…
BrahMos Supersonic Missile Range Extended to 600KM
An official at the Indian Ministry of Defence said that India and Russia have approved an extension to the range of the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, doubling it to 600 kilometres; the original range being 300 kilometres. According to the Defence Aviation Post, the official pointed out that the range of the joint venture missile…
BrahMos to Test Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Killer Missile Soon
BrahMos Aerospace has been aiming to develop a hypersonic version of a missile that will be able to hit the target five times faster than the speed of sound. Jointly developed by India and Russia, the versatile BrahMos missile will be used by the Indian Armed Forces. BrahMos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian joint venture, will soon…
First Su-30 Jets Equipped With BrahMos Missiles Enter Service In India
The first squadron of Su-30MKI jet fighters, armed with an air-based version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles entered service in the Indian Air Force Monday, The Times of India reports. According to the article, the planes will enter service during a ceremony set to take place at Thanjavur Air Force Station in India’s Tamil Nadu.…
Russia, India to Sign First Contract With Third State for BrahMos Cruise Missile in Spring
The first contract to supply Russian-Indian BrahMos cruise missiles to a third nation is planned to be signed in spring, said Praveen Pathak, the chief general manager for marketing and export of the Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace. «We expect [signing the agreement] sometime in April or May,» he told reporters on Monday, without elaborating…
Philippines in talks with India to procure BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
The Philippines is seeking to acquire the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system from India. Official sources told Jane's on 9 December that officials from New Delhi and Manila are in advanced negotiations about the number of missiles to be procured and the overall contract value, adding that they expect a deal to be signed "sometime in 2020".…
Successful Launching Test of Brahmos Surface-To-Surface Missile from Mobile Platform
The Indian Air Forces (IAF) conducted twin back to back tests of the Surface-to-Surface variant of the Brahmos LACM missile in October 2019. Brahmos is a tactical missile developed by an Indo-Russian joint venture - Brahmos Aerospace - using the Russian Oniks 3M55 ASCM as the starting point. The JV has developed ASCM, LACM variants…
Contracts for BrahMos delivery to third party countries may be signed at the end of 2019
Contracts for delivery of Indian/Russian BrahMos missiles may be signed at the end of 2019 or beginning of 2020. Kumar Mishra, head of the enterprise on the Indian part, told TASS about this at the MAKS-2019 Aerospace Show on Wednesday. “A number of countries contacted us with requests for BrahMos missiles delivery. We informed the Russian…