Greenlight has been given for the export of the BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missiles developed by the BrahMos Aerospace, a joint Russian-Indian initiative. Governments of Russia and India have agreed to export the missile to third countries according to Sputnik news.
JV Indian Co-Director Kumar Mishra told TASS at the MAKS-2019 international aerospace exhibition on Wednesday that several countries have applied to them with a request for the delivery of BrahMos missiles and the same have been informed to the Defense Ministries of Russia and India.”We are now waiting for their permission to sign contracts. We hope and expect that we will have these contracts at the end of this year or at the beginning of next year,” he said.
Mishra also made it very clear that the BrahMos missiles will only be given to “states friendly to Russia and India.”
BrahMos Aerospace was established in 1998 as a joint venture of Russian rocket and missile developer NPO Mashinostroyeniya and India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).