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Two more versions of BrahMos ready; BrahMos II in offing
Tiruchirappalli (TN), Aug 2 (PTI) India's BrahMos Aerospace has developed two more versions -- air and underwater -- of its supersonic missile BrahMos and is on course to develop hypersonic missiles that could cruise atspeeds of 5-7 Mach, a top scientist has said.
Already four versions -- ship-to-ship, land-to-land, land-to-ship and ship-to-land -- had already been developed by the agency and the two new variants were now ready and in various stages of approval and test firing, BrahMos Aerospace Chief Executive and Managing Director A. Sivathanu Pillai toldreporters here Thursday.
"We are very close to the launch of the under water version and the Navy had to get ready the requisite platformfor the testing," he said.
For air version, the development systems were ready andthe integrated test would be undertaken after mock firing.
However, the launch of air version and commercial production would take some time as certain structural modifications wereto be made in the Russian-built Sukhoi aircraft.
"We have already completed 15 flights successfully and are waiting for the availability of the modified design inSukhoi which has to reduce other pay loads," he said.
A special high power committee comprising of experts from the Air Force, the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and BrahMosAerospace had been constituted to carry out the modifications.
He said the company would also take up BrahMos II project under a major expansion programme to produce hypersonic missiles that could cruise at speeds of 5-7 Mach. The present versions travels at a speed of 2.8 Mach, (1 Mach is referred to the velocity of sound), Pillai, who was here to address students of various colleges, said. MORE PTI COR
Already four versions -- ship-to-ship, land-to-land, land-to-ship and ship-to-land -- had already been developed by the agency and the two new variants were now ready and in various stages of approval and test firing, BrahMos Aerospace Chief Executive and Managing Director A. Sivathanu Pillai toldreporters here Thursday.
"We are very close to the launch of the under water version and the Navy had to get ready the requisite platformfor the testing," he said.
For air version, the development systems were ready andthe integrated test would be undertaken after mock firing.
However, the launch of air version and commercial production would take some time as certain structural modifications wereto be made in the Russian-built Sukhoi aircraft.
"We have already completed 15 flights successfully and are waiting for the availability of the modified design inSukhoi which has to reduce other pay loads," he said.
A special high power committee comprising of experts from the Air Force, the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and BrahMosAerospace had been constituted to carry out the modifications.
He said the company would also take up BrahMos II project under a major expansion programme to produce hypersonic missiles that could cruise at speeds of 5-7 Mach. The present versions travels at a speed of 2.8 Mach, (1 Mach is referred to the velocity of sound), Pillai, who was here to address students of various colleges, said. MORE PTI COR
