The Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace hopes to bag global orders worth $10 billion for its BrahMos cruise missiles in the coming decade, a top official said on Wednesday.
After successfully working on the contracts for the Indian navy and army, the New Delhi-based JV is now poised to expand in the international market and some of the contracts are already in the pipeline, Brahmos CEO Sivathanu Pillai said.
India and Russia eye export of Brahmos missile
"The political leadership has cleared the export of Brahmos anti-ship missiles to mutually agreed friendly countries and work is underway to finalise contracts," Pillai said, without identifying the nations.
Many nations across the globe are taking keen interest in the deadly supersonic Brahmos cruise missile, which will remain unmatched at least for the coming decade.
BrahMos test fired, to be inducted into army
According to earlier reports, South Africa, Chile, Kuwait and some other countries, which do not pose any potential threat to the Indian and Russian navies, have been included in the shortlist of Brahmos recipients.
The JV, set up by Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia's Mashinostroyenia, is ready to meet the demand for the cruise missiles, which could exceed 1000 units in ten years, half of which would be for export.
Two more variants of Brahmos missile soon
BrahMos Aerospace hopes to produce two thousand cruise missiles of various modifications at its facilities in India and Russia, while work is on at full swing for the development of submarine and aircraft-launched versions.
Pillai did not rule out that the success story of Brahmos JV could pave way for a similar Indo-Russian JV for the development and production of futuristic tanks for network centric warfare.
