NEW DELHI (BNS): India on Sunday successfully test fired BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile from a vertical launcher fitted in a moving warship INS Ranvir from off Orissa coast.
BRAHMOS was launched from INS Ranvir at 1130 hours IST, official sources said here.
The missile performed supersonic maneuvering following the exact flight path and homed on to the decommissioned target ship INS Meen.
"The launch met all mission requirements and was 100 per cent successful,'' Dr. A S Pillai, CEO and MD of BrahMos Aerospace, confirmed.
This would mean that the missile, which has a range of 290-km and flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach, can take on a target lying anywhere in the 360-degree range of the ship.
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Apr 1, 2010
BrahMos shines at DRDO Technology Day Awards 2010
NEW DELHI (BNS): Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai, the father of BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile programme, on Tuesday received a special award for the successful Indo-Russian Joint Venture during the DRDO Technology Day Awards function here.
BrahMos Aerospace CEO and MD, Dr. AS Pillai, was given the special award for the Joint Venture in keeping with the spirit of the ' Year of Collaborations' the organisation has been celebrating.
BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile is a precision strike weapon already inducted by the Indian Army and Navy.
The missile is not just a transfer of technology but mutual production and upgradation of technology so as to ensure that the country become self-sufficient in supersonic strategic missile capacity.
India’s premier Defence Research and Development Organisation gives away award every year to acknowledge the scientific and technological excellence of its men.
BrahMos Aerospace CEO and MD, Dr. AS Pillai, was given the special award for the Joint Venture in keeping with the spirit of the ' Year of Collaborations' the organisation has been celebrating.
BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile is a precision strike weapon already inducted by the Indian Army and Navy.
The missile is not just a transfer of technology but mutual production and upgradation of technology so as to ensure that the country become self-sufficient in supersonic strategic missile capacity.
India’s premier Defence Research and Development Organisation gives away award every year to acknowledge the scientific and technological excellence of its men.
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