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Flight test of BrahMos cruise missile next year: Pillai
Staff Reporter
Its induction in the Army and Navy is under progress
TIRUCHI: Flight test of the air version of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile will be conducted in 2009, Chief Executive and Managing Director of BrahMos Aerospace, New Delhi, and Chief Controller (Research and Development), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) A. Sivathanu Pillai said on Thursday.
Induction of the BrahMos missile in the Army and Navy is under progress and the production capability would be enhanced to beyond 100 units a year if the need arises owing to the interest evinced by about 10 countries including developed nations, Dr. Pillai said responding to queries from mediapersons. No decision has been taken so far to sell the missile to other countries. The joint decision will be made by India and Russia, he said, adding that the priority was to meet the demand of the three forces in the country. An Indo-Russian team has finalised the preliminary specification of the system for BrahMos II with hypersonic speed. It would be reviewed shortly and based on the model the development of the new version would be undertaken in five years’ time, said Dr. Pillai.
Terming institutions such as the National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi, as technology incubators, Dr. Pillai said the time was ideal to build research capabilities in technology — the driving force of economy and military strength. Creation of excellent laboratory facilities would obviate the need for scientists to go abroad for research, he said, suggesting that the NIT-T take the initiative to upgrade its Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering into a Centre of Excellence with support from the DRDO and the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad.
The DRDO with four research boards and grant-in aid scheme has tie-ups with 200 institutions in the country, Dr. Pillai said.
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