BrahMos Cruise Missile

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Http://www.financialexpress.com/news/brahmos-eyes-20-of-global-market-share/802648/1
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New Delhi: On the completion of 10 years since
its first flight in June 2001, supersonic cruise
missile BrahMos, jointly developed and produced
by India and Russia, is looking forward to capture
20% of the global missile market share in the next
decade.
CEO BrahMos Aerospace Dr A Sivathanu Pillai told
FE, said:"While the global missile market is being
dominated by the American and French missiles,
in 10 years time we are looking at capturing 20%
of the global market share, besides fulfilling the
need of the Indian armed forces."
The missile systems which cost nearly R10 crore
each has impressed many a countries. Highly
placed sources have revealed that some Latin
American countries had almost finalised a deal for
the weapon when the US intervened and offered
Harpoons. Also, several middle eastern countries
have also shown interest in the product. Termed
as India's Brahmastra (the ultimate weapon),...
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BrahMos Aerospace signs MoU with IISc - Brahmand.com
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NEW DELH (BNS): BrahMos Aerospace – the producer of BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missiles – has signed a Memorandum of Understandin g(MoU) with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to establish a Centre of Excellence for High Speed Aerodynamics.
The MoU was inked in New Delhi on Sunday during an event to mark the 10th anniversary of first BRAHMOS launch.
BrahMos Aerospace CEO & MD Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai and Professor K Chattopadhyay, Chairman, Division of Mechanical Sciences, IISc signed the MoU that will pave the way for higher research and development in the sphere of high speed aerodynamics. Hailing the deal, Dr. Pillai said, "It is a remarkable step for both BrahMos and IISc to come together and work in this field."
The IISc is India's premier science and research institute based in Bangalore. It was established in 1909 and collaborates with the country'sleading
defence and aerospace agencies as well as private research labs on the area of R&D.
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Air BrahMos to be tested by 2012

With its record of success in testing various variants of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, the Brahmos aerospace company has planned to test its air variant by 2012.

Speaking to the reporters after delivering his lecture to school students during a science awareness campaign organised by Sathyabama University on Monday, Brahmos Aerospace CEO A Sivathanu Pillai said, "We are going to test the missile from an aircraft so that it can be inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF). The testing will be done before the end of 2012".

BrahMos has already been inducted into the Army and the Navy after successful tests. Mr Pillai said the Defence Research Development Organisation is working on increasing the speed of the missile. "We are also working on achieving hypersonic speed. It will take five more years", he said.

While addressing students, he pointed out that former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam had provided the vision for India's missile programme. It was under his guidance that India started research and development of several missiles, including Prithvi and Nag, he said.

The cruise missiles developed by BrahMos, a joint venture between India and Russia, can travel at speeds of Mach 2.8 (2.8 times the speed of sound) against the US Tomahawk at 0.8 Mach, he said.
Sathyabama university chancellor Jeppiaar exhorted school students to take up research careers to make India a developed country by 2020.

He also said that the university had been working closely with research organisations to develop various products.

Air BrahMos to be tested by 2012 | Deccan Chronicle

 

[Parthy]

BrahMos- a role model for other JVs: Dr. A.S. Pillai


BrahMos Joint Venture is a role model for future global cooperations with India, Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai, CEO & MD BrahMos Aerospace said while addressing an international seminar on defence acquisition.

The International Seminar on Defence Acquisition, which was formally inaugurated by Indian Defence Minister A. K. Antony in New Delhi on Tuesday, is aimed at examining the best practices in defence acquisition.

"BrahMos is a role model for other JVs and all foreign entities can take this as an example for a successful business in India through Intergovernmental Agreements," said Dr. A.S. Pillai while addressing the conference.

The international seminar has brought together functionaries from the MoD, armed forces, and Industry of major developed and developing countries and experts for deliberation on the subject. The major issues that will also be discussed in these seminars include: technical requirement and capability definition; technical and commercial evaluation challenges; structural elements for efficient acquisition; contract and project management; IT opportunities in defence acquisition; empowering defence industrial and R&D base; role of offsets in acquisition; and efficient logistics management.

Dr. Pillai, in his presentation- 'Formulation, Execution and Implementation of R&D Projects'- focused on the important phases of the life cycle of R&D projects i.e. Project formulation, Project execution and implementation and also highlighted the important considerations based on the experiences gained during actual implementation of various strategic R&D projects.

He said, R&D organisations are today involved in handling critical projects of strategic importance which aim to build products and services that meet customer requirements with highest quality in the shortest possible time.

"A well-defined process for all activities that are involved in the realisation of a product/ system is the only method to meet these challenges. The faster and efficient the process, the stronger is the developed product/ system," he added.

The eminent scientist also described about the Decision Aid for Technology Evaluation Technique (DATE), for adopting structured methodology for assessing the technology maturity level of project during feasibility study.

A brief explanation was given on tools and techniques related to quantitative / qualitative methods for schedule monitoring, review system, failure management, conflict resolution in multiple projects, integrated analysis of performance, cost and time.

The presentation was concluded with various case studies emphasising the importance and usefulness of the tools and techniques used in Project Management.

The three-day seminar, which started from 12th July, 2011 is being organised by Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi.


BrahMos- a role model for other JVs: Dr. A.S. Pillai - Brahmand.com

 

[Parthy]

I feel like we are hyper-stating the Brahmos success.. Yes we do succeed in the model and a JV with Russia.. And it should be kept aside and the work should start in quest for another success similar to Brahmos... These agencies, they keep on trumpeting their ONE success for years....

IMO, We should stop thinking about the victory in the past which is a history and keep looking for success in future projects...

 

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Brahmos should not be a model for other joint venture. No source codes ,no TOT, delays, cost overruns etc... Very dumb statement by Pillai.

 

[pankaj nema]

In fact Brahmos model has been applied in different forms already

Maitri SAM , Barak Missile SAM ,Spyder SAM; Pak fa FGFA are All derivatives of Brahmos Joint venture

Prahar missile also which will be shortly tested is a Joint venture

The days of doing everything on your own are gone

Joint ventures alone can save time and money

 

[Parthy]

Prahar missile also which will be shortly tested is a Joint venture

Mate!! Do you have any other info or link on this??

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Prahar is a 100% indigenous weapon no joint venture with anybody on this one.

 

[pankaj nema]

@ Lethal Force

I have said that Brahmos is a Joint Venture

The other missiles are derivatives NOT of Brahmos Missile ;BUT that of the JOINT venture method of doing things

Joint venture are the way to go

 

[Parthy]

Pankaj none of these are derivatives from Brahmos. These other missiles you mentioned are all Israeli or French they have nothing to do with Russian Brahmos. The missile that Russia themselves have not inducted or allowed to be exported.

I think Pankaj is referring to the JV model for Barak missile, not the missile derivative.. But in case of Spyder we are just procuring from Israel and I believe it is not a JV...

 

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@ Lethal Force

I have said that Brahmos is a Joint Venture

The other missiles are derivatives NOT of Brahmos Missile ;BUT that of the JOINT venture method of doing things

Joint venture are the way to go

Ok- spyder is not a joint venture all other are. Joint ventures are not the way to go. 100% Indigenous is the way to go. India IMO has reached the point where we ony need joint ventures in certain areas of our missile program. The best example of this is shaurya missile. We have tested 4 different seekers for ASTRA 1 indigenous and 3 foreign this is one area where JV is probably needed other than that we are making solid fuelled missiles. The services need more confidence in indigenous products. Induct them along with imported goods. Look at our space program to see what a success our missile program is or can be.

 

[Parthy]

@ Lethal Force

I have said that Brahmos is a Joint Venture

The other missiles are derivatives NOT of Brahmos Missile ;BUT that of the JOINT venture method of doing things

Joint venture are the way to go

Yes, JV are the way to go but NOT FOR LONGER RUN.. It can be the case just to plug the time gaps to meet the critical force requirements.. but as far as the current running JV's into account, the agencies are not ready to share the critical techs to Indian counterpart.

 

[nrj]

Brahmos should not be a model for other joint venture. No source codes ,no TOT, delays, cost overruns etc... Very dumb statement by Pillai.

Agreed. Besides the success of product, level of co-operation between both parties & that with the armed forces is debatable. Model for JV is well articulated in new def policy.

 

[pankaj nema]

Guys the Prahar Missile AND ARUDRA Medium Power Radar have SUDDENLY emerged from NOWHERE

How come ?

It is being strongly speculated that BOTH these ASSETS are Joint Ventures with Israel

The Chinese have a saying that

" The Colour of the cat is IRRELEVANT . The CAT SHOULD be able to catch MICE "

This is the same thing as saying that INDIA NEEDS MODERN WEAPONS ASAP

Joint ventures alone can help us

 

[Parthy]

Agreed. Besides the success of product, level of co-operation from both parties & that with the armed forces is debatable. Model for JV is well articulated in new def policy.

Take an instance where something goes wrong internally with Brahmos.. Will we be able to fix it without the help of Russia??

Sometime back it was announced that Brahmos engine will produced locally in Brahmos plant in kerala. Does anybody has the status on this??

 

[Parthy]

Guys the Prahar Missile AND ARUDRA Medium Power Radar have SUDDENLY emerged from NOWHERE

How come ?

It is being strongly speculated that BOTH these ASSETS are Joint Ventures with Israel

Do you have proper source to prove this?? If so, please post it here.. Your post itself says it is "Strongly Speculated"... Its just speculation... We have the maximum indigenous capability at least in missile technology... I don't think its a JV.

 

[nrj]

Take an instance where something goes wrong internally with Brahmos.. Will we be able to fix it without the help of Russia??

Sometime back it was announced that Brahmos engine will produced locally in Brahmos plant in kerala. Does anybody has the status on this??

Nobody is saying NO to JV in defense projects. Considering Brahmos Corp as the 'model' for future JVs is being argued.

 

[Parthy]

Nobody is saying NO to JV in defense projects. Considering Brahmos Corp as the 'model' for future JVs is being argued.

Agreed!! Nobody is going to say NO to JV.. But what we are achieving out of it is matters.. A JV should not be the case only to plug urgent defense needs... We should be able to implement the critical technologies learnt from it into our indigenous programs.. But we are kept off-board in this area by Russia in both Brahmos and PAK-Fa.. (O.T)

 

[nishu.rj]

Good to hear that............