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{{Short description|Russia India joint venture}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox company
|name = BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited
|logo = [[File:BrahMos Aerospace logo.png|200px]]
|type = [[Government-owned corporation]]
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| foundation = ({{Start date|12 February 1998}})
| owners = [[DRDO|Defense Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO, India) and Federal State Unitary Enterprise [[NPO Mashinostroeyenia]] (Russia)
| hq_location = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
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| key_people = Atul Dinkar Rane<br>{{small|(CEO & Managing Director)}}
| industry = [[Aerospace]] and [[Defense (military)|Defense]]
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| assets = [[United States dollar|US$]]5 [[1,000,000,000|billion]] (''2013'')
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| products = [[Cruise missile]]s
| homepage = [https://www.brahmos.com brahmos.com]
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The '''BrahMos Aerospace''' is an Indo-Russian [[multinational corporation|multinational]] [[Aerospace manufacturer|aerospace]] and [[Arms industry|defense]] corporation, with core manufacturing concentrations in [[Cruise missile]]s. Headquartered in [[New Delhi]], [[India]], it was founded as a [[joint venture]] between the India's [[DRDO|Defence Research and Development Organisation]] and [[NPO Mashinostroyenia]] of Russia. Company's name is a [[portmanteau]] formed from the names of two rivers, the [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]] of India and the [[Moskva (river)|Moskva]] of Russia.

The company currently manufactures [[BrahMos]] missile with a range of 300 km and traveling at speeds of [[Mach (speed)|Mach]] 4. It is currently developing [[BrahMos-II]], a [[Cruise missile#Hypersonic|hypersonic cruise missile]].

India is a member of the [[Missile Technology Control Regime|MTCR]], India and Russia are now planning to jointly develop a new generation of Brahmos missiles with 600 km-plus range<ref name="India MTCR Brahmos range 600">{{cite web|title=MTCR benefit: India, Russia to develop 600-km range cruise missiles that can cover entire Pakistan |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/mtcr-benefit-india-russia-to-develop-600-km-range-cruise-missiles-that-can-cover-entire-pakistan/articleshow/54926916.cms|work=[[The Economic Times]]|accessdate=19 October 2016}}</ref> and an ability to hit protected targets with pinpoint accuracy.<ref name="India MTCR Brahmos range 600"/><ref name="India MTCR Brahmos">{{cite web|title=BrahMos missile with higher range: This 'killer' India-Russia project will scare Pakistan and China |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/brahmos-missile-range-highlights-india-russia-modi-putin-mtcr-pakistan-china/424178/|work=[[The Financial Express (India)]]|accessdate=19 October 2016}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:The CEO & MD, Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai introducing a model missile to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at BrahMos Complex in New Delhi on June 28, 2006.jpg|thumb|right|Founder CEO Sivathanu Pillai introducing a model missile to [[List of Prime Ministers of India|13th Prime Minister of India]] [[Manmohan Singh]] at BrahMos Complex in New Delhi.]]
[[File:BrahMos Aerospace stall at Defexpo 2016.jpg|thumb|right|BrahMos Aerospace stall at Defexpo 2016 in [[New Delhi]].]]
After the [[Gulf War]] of the 1990s, there was a feeling that it was necessary to have a cruise missile system in India. As a result, in 1998, then Scientific Advisor of India to Defense Minister [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] and Deputy Defence Minister of Russia N.V. Mikhailov signed an inter-governmental agreement in Moscow.{{fact|date=December 2022}}

India holds a 50.5% share stake in the company and Russia holds the other 49.5%.{{fact|date=December 2022}}

===Expansion===
BrahMos Aerospace production centre first started at [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in [[Telangana|Andhra Pradesh]]. In 2007, BrahMos Aerospace acquired [[Kerala Hitech Industries Limited]] at [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in [[Kerala]] and converted it into BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited<ref name="BATL Kerala">{{cite news|url=http://www.batl.co.in/about_us.php|title=About BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited|work=BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited|accessdate=4 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802083303/http://batl.co.in/about_us.php|archivedate=2 August 2013}}</ref> which made it into the second missile making unit for a world-class missile facility with system integration and testing.<ref name = "Missile Man Pillai">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article1977991.ece|title=Missile man of India Sivathanu Pillai describes BrahMos plans|work=The Hindu |date=31 December 2007|accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref><ref name = "BrahMos KELTEC">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article1962270.ece|title=BrahMos takes over KELTEC|work=The Hindu |date=6 December 2007|accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref>

BrahMos Aerospace is going to setup 200 acres factory for the production of [[BrahMos#Further developments|BrahMos NG]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]'s [[Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/rajnath-singh-inaugurates-brahmos-missile-manufacturing-unit-in-lucknow-121122600508_1.html|title=Rajnath Singh inaugurates Brahmos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow|date=27 December 2021|website=Business Standard|access-date=14 January 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/uttar-pradesh-to-start-manufacturing-brahmos-missiles-soon/amp_articleshow/85592222.cms|title=Uttar Pradesh to start manufacturing BrahMos missiles soon|website=Times of India|date=24 August 2021|access-date=14 January 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> This third unit that will be involved in the production of BrahMos missile.{{fact|date=December 2022}}

[[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] is planning to set up a third production centre in [[Nagpur]] in [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="BrahMos production expansion">{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/3rd-brahmos-centre-nagpur-162|title=3rd BrahMos centre in Nagpur|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=6 July 2012|accessdate=8 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706083632/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/3rd-brahmos-centre-nagpur-162|archivedate=6 July 2012}}</ref>

==Aim and objective==
The fulfill the aim which was to design, develop, manufacture and market the world's fastest supersonic cruise missile system.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.brahmos.com/|title=BrahMos Aerospace|website= BrahMos Aerospace|access-date=14 January 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Organisation and leadership==
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{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Sr. No. || Name || From || Till
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| 1. || Dr. [[A. Sivathanu Pillai]] || 1998 || 2014
|-
| 2. || Dr. [[Sudhir Kumar Mishra]] || 2014 || 2021
|-
| 3. || Atul Dinkar Rane || 2021 || Current
|}
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==

===Official===
* {{official website|http://www.brahmos.com/}}
* [http://www.batl.co.in/index.php Official Website of the BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Limited]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030800/http://brahmos.com/download/Brochure-2.pdf BrahMos - A project of two Governments]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180929155408/http://brahmos.com/download/Brochure-1.pdf BrahMos - A Missile with a Niche]

===Others===
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article355366.ece India and Russia will decide on export of BrahMos]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2568440.ece BATL set to make BrahMos engines]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1449275.ece Prime Minister Manmohan Singh commends BrahMos team]
* [https://archive.today/20130204025721/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2533766.ece BrahMos Aerospace plans expansion]
* [http://www.indiandefencereview.com/defence%20industry/Indias-BrahMos-Aerospace-in-new-missile-race.html New missile race: America and Russia are joined by India and China]

[[Category:Defence Research and Development Organisation]]
[[Category:Defence companies of India]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1998]]
[[Category:India–Russia relations]]
[[Category:Tactical Missiles Corporation]]
[[Category:1998 establishments in Delhi]]

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