Indian-Russian Brahmos venture to produce missile engines in India

[sudhir007]

Indian-Russian Brahmos venture to produce missile engines in India | Defense | RIA Novosti

The Indian-Russian venture BrahMos Aerospace Ltd. plans to produce engines for Brahmos missiles in India, CEO Sivathanu Pillai said on Friday.

The engines will be produced at the Brahmos plant in the state of Kerala in southeastern India, Pillai said. In two years its production volumes will exceed the manufacturing capabilities of the plant in Russia's Orenburg which currently produces the engines.

He said the decision was made due to a mounting demand for Brahmos missiles in the Indian Armed Forces.

The BrahMos missile has a range of 290 km (180 miles) and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg (660 lbs). It can effectively engage ground targets from an altitude as low as 10 meters (30 feet) and has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the U.S.-made subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile.

Established in 1998, BrahMos Aerospace, a joint Indian-Russian venture, produces and markets BrahMos supersonic missiles. The sea- and ground-launched versions have been successfully tested and put into service with the Indian Army and Navy.

 

[deep.ocean]

Which engine is Used in Brahmose?
How this engine is different from other missiles we hv developed? Is it not like Rockect engine?

 

[Devianz]

Which engine is Used in Brahmose?
How does this engine is different from other missiles we hv developed? Is it not like Rockect engine?

Ramjet propulsion

 

[Kinetic]

Which engine is Used in Brahmose?
How this engine is different from other missiles we hv developed? Is it not like Rockect engine?

Ramjet is very complex technology. It has certain advantages and disadvantages.

Adv:

1) Very high sustained speed.

2) Good control of the missile even at high speed.

Disad:

1) Costly.

2) Heavy.

3) Technologically complex. Very few countries master this.

India has both solid (Akash) and liquid (Brahmos) ramjets.

 

[CardSharp]

As I understand it, ramjet need to get up to a certain speed before it can work properly. How does the Brahmos attain initial speed?

 

[Devianz]

As I understand it, ramjet need to get up to a certain speed before it can work properly. How does the Brahmos attain initial speed?

Brahmos uses two-stage integrated rocket/ramjet propulsion. First stage is rocket based.

 

[deep.ocean]

Thanks Devianz and Kinetic for the info.

 

[dbc]

Ramjet is very complex technology. It has certain advantages and disadvantages.

Adv:

1) Very high sustained speed.

2) Good control of the missile even at high speed.

Disad:

1) Costly.

2) Heavy.

3) Technologically complex. Very few countries master this.

India has both solid (Akash) and liquid (Brahmos) ramjets.

Wrong on all counts there is nothing complex about a ramjet engine.
It merely consists of a chamber to ignite a mixture of compressed air and fuel - it's that simple.

 

[Haanzo]

^^^ cant u read properly TECHNOLOGICALLY COMPLEX --- theoretically it may be simple ..... read before you type please

 

[dbc]

^^^ cant u read properly TECHNOLOGICALLY COMPLEX --- theoretically it may be simple ..... read before you type please

Yes it is 'TECHNOLOGICALLY COMPLEX' so complex that folks have been building it in their backyard with coffee cups .

 

[STD]

One serious question..
India shares very close,brother-brother like ties with Russia,yet USA wants to maintain strong ties with us,WHY?

MAYBE FOR CHINA?

 

[saurabh]

One serious question..
India shares very close,brother-brother like ties with Russia,yet USA wants to maintain strong ties with us,WHY?

MAYBE FOR CHINA?

You seriously are a PhD from IIT??!!

 

[saurabh]

Yes it is 'TECHNOLOGICALLY COMPLEX' so complex that folks have been building it in their backyard with coffee cups .

It its so simple, why so uncommon? (Except for it starts at high speed that is)

 

[SpArK]

wonder whether its gonna get manufactured in Brahmos Aerospace centre here in Trivandrum.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

One serious question..
India shares very close,brother-brother like ties with Russia,yet USA wants to maintain strong ties with us,WHY?

MAYBE FOR CHINA?

China also has a strong military relationship with Russia.

2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Article 9 of the treaty can be seen as an implicit defense pact, and other articles (A7 and A16) point at increasing military cooperation, including the sharing of "military know-how" (A16), namely, Chinese access to Russian military technology.

And China has a very strong Economic relationship with the USA, to the point where Barrak Obama said that the USA-China relationship would shape the 21st century.

The relationship between the US and China will shape the 21st Century, President Barack Obama has said, as top officials met in Washington for talks.

BBC NEWS | Business | US-China ties 'to shape century'