First test launch of supersonic Brahmos missiles by end 2014: Pillai
The Indian Air Force has chosen the Sukhoi-30 fighter jets as the platform for mounting the supersonic BrahMos missiles.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive of BrahMos Aerospace, A. Sivathanu Pillai, has said that the first test launch of the air version of the supersonic Brahmos missile will take place by the end of 2014.
The Indian Air Force has chosen the Sukhoi-30 fighter jets as the platform for mounting the supersonic BrahMos missiles.
Pillai said testing, simulations and aircraft modifications will take almost a year and the final flight with the missile will happen only by the end of 2014.
Pillai claimed it is the only supersonic cruise missile platform in the world which travels at supersonic speeds and can be launched from both sea and land.
The BrahMos missile has been jointly developed by the Indian and Russian armies, and has since been inducted by the army and the navy.