India to lay down policy for missile exports

[Indo-guy]

India to lay down policy for missile exports

Hyderabad: India has the capability to export missiles and it will soon start laying down policy norms, said Avinash Chander, scientific advisor to the defence minister.

He told reporters here Saturday that many countries were sowing keen interest in the missile systems developed by India.

Avinash, who is also the director general of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), said exports was a new area they were exploring and the new government was also very keen on building up the export potential.

He believes the export potential is very high. He said Akash and Prahar -- medium and short range surface to surface missiles -- and Brahmos could easily be exported.

He said new missiles like ship launched and cruise missiles would also have huge potential.

The top defence scientist said India had the capability to produce and deliver a system in one-and-half to two years.

"We have the capacity. We have the capability. Our weapons are globally competitive in their performance," he said.

He claimed that the weapons developed by India were 50 to 60 percent cheaper compared to its competitors. The cost of some systems is even one-fourth and one-fifth.

The DRDO director general feels a sustainable model of development of defence products has to go parallel with the export planning. He hopes the new government will give the thrust.

He was confident that by 2020 India would be fully autonomous in missile capability.

"The DRDO has launched missile autonomy mission. We will enable the country to a stage where we don't have to import any missile system," he said.

IANS

 

[Indo-guy]

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Top DRDO scientist S Prahlada has said, disclosing that trade inquiries have been received from at least five nations...
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India is ready to export missiles to countries whose names are cleared by the government, top DRDO scientist S Prahlada has said, disclosing that trade inquiries have been received from at least five nations.

"Government, in principle, is in favour of exports of missiles," he said, adding Defence Research and Development Organisation is in a position to meet such sale orders.

Though Prahlada did not name the missiles, which could be offered in world market but sources said that India could place Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile Brahmos and recently tested surface-to-air missile Akash for sale.

"Countries are looking at Indian products like missile systems and at a recent export exhibition several nations had come and discussed prospects," Prahlada, the Chief Controller (Hqrs) at DRDO said.

Referring to the air-to-air beyond visual range Astra missile, he said the missile would undergo ground testing later this year and would subsequently be integrated with the Sukhoi multi-role fighter by 2009-10.

He also said India's longest range surface-to-surface nuclear capable 3,500 km range Agni III missile will undergo more tests.

Claiming that DRDO's missile programme had come of age, Prahlada said user trials of the anti-tank Nag missile would be undertaken next month and it would be offered to the Army for induction by July.

DRDO is in preparedness to meet the exports since the missile systems are in production for India's own defence needs and can be delivered whenever these countries ask, Prahalada said.

He dismissed allegations that DRDO had delayed in delivery schedules as 'a charge out of ignorance'.

No doubt there have been delays but in any such complex system in the world for instance surface-to-air missile system the Barak missile from Israel or the Patriot missile from the US took 20 years to develop, the defence scientist said.

"Any complex system requires this much time," he said.

The Brahmos supersonic cruise missile took just five years to develop and Astra perhaps will take about six to seven years, he said.

Prahlada pointed out that during the Information Technology boom DRDO lost its top scientists, which was a major set back to the organisation.

"The post-Pokhran export controls and sanctions also added to the delays," he said.

 

[Markus]

Brahmos should ideally see a good demand.

 

[gslv mk3]

 

[Indo-guy]

Brahmos should ideally see a good demand.

Indeed . It will ...

Export of Indian missile systems will offsets cost incurred in development .

In near future we expect DRDO to get some of its buck back by exporting missile systems to friendly countries ...

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

I wish I had my own missile.

 

[Indo-guy]

Brahmos should ideally see a good demand.

BrahMos Prepares Reduced-Weight Missile For Export | AWIN content from Aviation Week



BrahMos Aerospace sees a big future for its projects, both in terms of sales to India and in exports—including the reduced-weight supersonic missile that is still in development.
“Our orders exceed $6 billion. Over the past 15 years, we have achieved a level no other company has been able to achieve throughout the history of Russian-Indian relations,” says CEO Sivathanu Pillai. “In addition, we are expecting an increase in orders over the next 10 years. We are working on different projects together with Russia.”
BrahMos is expanding production to meet expected demand for thousands of missiles. “Our second manufacturing facility is ready and additional facilities are coming up,” says Praveen Pathak, general manager for market promotion and export.

A supersonic BrahMos missile was launched during the Tropex-2012 exercise from a Ranvir-class ship. (Credit: Brahmos Aerospace)
A supervisory council comprising Indian and Russian officials has given clearance for exporting to friendly countries products such as the BrahMos-M (Mini), with which the company plans to equip future Indian military platforms. The weight of other BrahMos missiles has prevented such integration, Pathak says. Air force Sukhoi Su-30MKIs and navy MiG-29Ks will be equipped first, but the re-sized missile eventually may be integrated on future fighters including the Dassault Aviation Rafale Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft and the proposed Fifth-Generation Fighter Aircraft being jointly developed by India and Russia. The Su-30MKI will be able to carry three missiles and the MiG-29K two.
BrahMos is finalizing the Mini's specifications and design and aims to start flight-testing in 2017, Pathak says. The BrahMos-M will weigh 1.5 tons, be 6 meters (21 ft.) long, have a diameter of 510 millimeters (20 in.) and maximum speed of Mach 3.5. It is expected to be delivered in 2-3 years, following the first trial launch. The re-sized missile will be capable of withstanding aircraft carrier deck landings.
“We are also looking to integrate the missile in the proposed Project 75-I, which will become the most powerful submarine, to have both vertical-launched BrahMos for the sea and land target,” Pathak says. “Since the BrahMos-M can be accommodated to torpedo tubes, the missile [has] potential for anti-submarine warfare.”
Russia, which is planning to offer its Amur-1650 submarines for Project 75-I, is drafting designs to accommodate the BrahMos-M. France, Germany and Spain may also compete for the contract to supply six submarines.
On a larger scale, BrahMos Aerospace is confident that BrahMos-M will open a huge potential market for the company, with specifications that very few competitors will be able to match. “Once we fulfill the Indian military's requirement, we will look at exporting the missiles to markets in the region,” Pathak says. More than a dozen countries have expressed interest in buying different modifications of a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, although no concrete deals have been signed.
Meanwhile, before year-end, the air force will conduct flight tests of the BrahMos-A air-launched, supersonic missile on a Su-30MKI. The air force and BrahMos are working on a project worth 60 billion rupees ($966 million) to make the fighter aircraft capable of carrying one of the missiles under its belly. “The air-launched version of BrahMos has been cleared for flight tests, and its launchers are ready,” Pillai says. “Work is in progress to help equip the Sukhoi to carry the 2.5-ton missile.”
BrahMos intends to transfer the weapon to the Indian air force in 2015, after which it is expected to be deployed in at least three squadrons. The army and navy are already using the missile, which has a solid-fueled first stage and ramjet liquid-fueled second stage.
The BrahMos-A is a modified version of the baseline land- or ship-launched version, sporting a smaller booster and fins for airborne stability after launch. Its umbilical connector also has been relocated. The missile is designed to be released from a Su-30MKI at 500-14,000 meters altitude. After a free fall of 100-150 meters, the BrahMos-A has a cruise phase at 14,000 meters and terminal phase at 15 meters. The air version is lighter than the 3-ton land and sea variants.
The supersonic cruise missile, which has a 290-km (180-mi.) range, was successfully fired from the Russian-built INS Trikand in salvo mode in the Arabian Sea off India's west coast early this month. Now that salvo mode has been executed successfully, eight cruise missiles can be fired in that mode in future.
In addition to the BrahMos-A , the company plans to develop a hypersonic missile that can attain a speed of Mach 7, or seven times the speed of sound, which would make it the world's fastest missile. Code-named BrahMos 2, the rocket could deliver the warhead, assess the destruction of a target, return and prepare to deploy again.
“We have established a lead in supersonic missiles,” Pathak says. “[Multi-use] hypersonic vehicles will reduce the cost of putting a payload into orbit. It could deliver the payload at multiple points and it can come back.”
India is pushing Russia toward developing the hypersonic missile on an ambitious schedule. The main challenge is to find materials resistant to very high temperatures. Although the hull is made of composite materials, hypersonic speeds subject it to heavy friction and high temperatures. To resolve this issue, a coating made of special alloys is being developed.
“We already have engines of a new design,” Pathak says. “And India will get this hypersonic missile in the next five-seven years.”

Credit: AWST

 

[Star Wars]

I wish I had my own missile.

Are you a female ?

 

[Koovie]

I wish I had my own missile.

Between your legs (cough cough)

OT: Brahmos should attract some customers

 

[Water Car Engineer]

When Mini-B comes out, it surely will have some hits.

 

[noksss]

Imagine the same news posted some 5 years before?.The thread will be bombarded with lots of smiley and funny images about DRDO. Nothing of that sort didnt happened now is itself a proof that DRDO has come a long way

 

[shree835]

I wish I had my own missile.

Ohhhhh Myyyyy Goddddddd.... YOU DON HAVE MISSILE ....

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Are you a female ?

Between your legs (cough cough)

OT: Brahmos should attract some customers

Ohhhhh Myyyyy Goddddddd.... YOU DON HAVE MISSILE ....

LOL, you guys are dirty minded.

This is a defence forum. And this is a thread about missiles.

Maybe, just maybe... I was talking about an actual missile? And not a d*ck?

Seriously WTF.