We have fulfilled Kalam’s desire: BrahMos CEO S K Mishra

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Bengaluru, June 25: BrahMos Aerospace CEO Sudhir Kumar Mishra said that his team has fulfilled one of the desires of former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday.
In an interview to Mathrubhumi, after the Su-30MKI touched down at HAL’s Nasik unit successfully completing a 58-minute demonstration flight carrying the 2.4 tonne BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, Mishra said he is an ‘extremely satisfying man’ executing another dream of Dr Kalam.
“We are all delighted that such a heavy missile was carried airborne by Sukhoi safely, securely and successfully during its first demonstration flight. No other country in the world has done this exercise so far and that makes our mission so special. It is a happy moment in my life,” Mishra said.
He said the mission also demonstrated India’s increasing technology capabilities in missile and military aviation fields.
* Test-firing in October or November this year
* Irkut Corporation excited about Sukhoi prospects
* Dr Kalam knew the potential of the missile * More trials ahead of final firing from Balasore

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INDIA SHINING: BATL bags Rs 120 cr additional BrahMos order | 6 more L-40 tanks for ISRO | Astra missile motor case for DRDO | Critical RF quadruple for BARC

By Anantha Krishnan M

Express News Service

Bangalore: BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Ltd (BATL) has bagged an additional order worth Rs 120 crore from BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd. Sources tell Express that BATL will now manufacture critical components of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile at its Chakkai installation in Thiruvananthapuram. “The fresh orders are for F-3 section, metallic airframe components and CPHS (Combined Pneumo Hydraulic System). This is in addition to whatever BATL was executing for the BrahMos project,” sources said.

BATL is also making launcher containers for BrahMos missile, which had ran into some technical specification snags, but now said to be fixed. The airborne launcher (which holds the missile on Sukhoi-30MKI) prototype has been cleared now. BATL has started work on the actual airborne launcher for Sukhoi. A limited series production order of five sets is in place and the mass production of the launchers is now at a striking distance.

Amidst the man-made mess and internal squabbles, BATL is slowly and steadily marshalling its forces to be on the mission mode. “There’s no dearth for order, but dedication is the key,” sources said. For the Indian Space Research Organisation (SIRO), BATL is already supplying its star product Vikas engine, apart from titanium gas bottle. 

BATL is also producing Secondary Injection Thrust Vector Control (SITVC) tanks for ISRO. “They have been given a new order of six more L-40 tanks for GSLV. Baba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) wants the most-critical and complex radio-frequency quadruple from BATL. This is the first time an attempt is being in India to make the sensitive component for BARC,” sources said.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has placed orders for air-booster casing, B1 & B2 motor cases for missiles, gas generators and gyro valves. “The Astra air-to-air beyond visual range missile cases will also now be developed at BATL,” source said.

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COMING SOON: Brahmastras from the land of Sree Padmanabhaswamy! BrahMos likely to be integrated at Thiruvananthapuram, minus warheads & propellants | Julius Zacharias is new BATL boss

By Anantha Krishnan M & Tiki Rajwi

Express News Service

Bangalore\T'puram: The land of Sree Padmanabhaswamy is likely to roll out swift and sure Brahmastras that will ensure a kill-job as clean as a whistle. As a pointer to this delayed, yet dynamic project, a low-key bhoomi puja was conducted on January 27, at a piece of land recently 'acquired' by BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Ltd (BATL), in Chakkai, next to Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. If all goes well, Ananthapuri will be the next address for India's supersonic-stealth cruise missile BrahMos.

Kept under wraps for reasons best known to BATL officials, the boomi puja was attended by A Sivathanu Pillai, BrahMos Aerospace CEO; V G Sekhar, Director, ASL, Hyderabad; Vishnu Kartha, Executive Director, BATL; Rear Admiral (Retd) Mohapatra, Executive Director, BrahMos Production, Hyderabad and the BATL Workmen Welfare Committee members. 

Sources confirm to Express that within a year, the complete building blocks for a Missile Integration Complex (MIC) will be in place. “BATL has taken the Air Force Complex land and Vishal Infrastructure Ltd (who undertook the Thiruvananthapuram airport work) has been entrusted with the mandate of completing the work on a war-footing. A total of 20,000 sq feet has been earmarked for the project, taken as part of BATL Phase-II expansion plans,”a senior defence official said.

The MIC will undertake the complete integration of BrahMos missile, sans warhead fixing and propellent filling jobs. “Once the dry integration is done at BATL, the missile can be taken to the adjacent airport and airlifted in special flights to Nagpur for warhead and propellent integration. There are plans to have a secure road-link to the runway,” sources said.

This will be the second MIC for BrahMos, with the first being already functional inside the Missile Complex in Hyderabad.     

BATL gets new boss: Rear Admiral (Retd) Julius Zacharias is the new head of BATL and will assume office on February 1. His appointment as Managing Director was ratified by the BATL Board which met on January 27. With a spate of internal dissidence from a section of employees demanding the formation of trade union, the decision to elevate BATL's chief's post from ED to MD is an indication he getting more disciplinary powers. The Kerala government had recently exempted BATL from the ambit of Trade Unions Act.  Zacharias  was attached to BrahMos MIC in Hyderabad last year as an Officer on Special Duty. The current BATL chief Vishnu Kartha completes his four-year tenure this month end and will go back to his parent body – Indian Space Research Organisation.

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Su-30MKIs will fly with BrahMos missile in 2012

Artist's impression of BrahMos on Su-30 MKI: Photo: BrahMos Aerospace

By Anantha Krishnan M. | Aviation Week

Bangalore, India | May 26, 2010

Initial trials for the air-launch version of the BrahMos supersonic missile will be carried out in the first half of 2011, and flight trials will take place in India in 2012, the missile maker says. The development of the air-launch version is expected to be completed in 2012, and its maker hopes to begin production and induction the same year. This version is for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and will be fitted with special launchers onto Su-30 MKI aircraft. 

BrahMos CEO and Managing Director A. Sivathanu Pillai told AVIATION WEEK that a special fire control system (FCS) and missile fabrication are being developed. “The prototype of the launcher has been already manufactured at BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Ltd (BATL). Work related to platform modification is to be taken up by Sukhoi Design Bureau. Two aircraft will be prepared for carrying out the trials,” Sivathanu Pillai said.

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