Source:-BrahMos-NG – All Updates About BrahMos Next Generation
The BrahMos-NG, has been envisioned as a more versatile, highly precise, lethal, flexible, multi-platform, multi-target, lighter missile system. With the same specification of range (290 km) and a speed of around 3 Mach,BrahMos-NG 50 percent lighter and three meters shorter than its predecessor.The system is expected to be inducted in the year 2017.[160] BrahMos-NG will have lesser RCS (radar cross section) compared to its predecessor, making it harder for air defense systems to locate and engage the target. BrahMos-NG will have Land, Air, ship-borne and Submarine tube-launched variants. First test flight is expected to take place in 2017–18. Initially Brahmos-NG was called as Brahmos-M.Additionally, the BrahMos-NG will have an AESA radar rather than the mechanically scanned one on the PJ-10.
The missile will arm the Sukhoi Su-30MKI, Mikoyan MiG-29K, HAL Tejas and future inductions such as the Dassault Rafale, Sukhoi Su-57, HAL FGFA and possibly the Mikoyan MiG-35.[163] Submarine launched variant will be capable of being fired from the new P75I class of submarines.The Sukhoi SU-30MKI would carry three missiles while other combat aircraft would carry one each.
Earlier, a three-party agreement looked unlikely between JSC MIC NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia, DRDO and BrahMos Aerospace for the development of the NG variant but the government is looking to go ahead with the programme. The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has been developed under a joint venture between India and Russia. It has sea-to-land, sea-to-sea, land-to-land, land-to-sea and subsea-to-land launch capabilities. The BrahMos has a strike range of 290 km and the BrahMos NG will also be of the same range. The maximum speed will also be the same – Mach 3.
“We are now fast-tracking the BrahMos NG missile development project. It will be lighter and smaller in size. The takeaway is that it will add the capability for torpedo tube launch. The BrahMos NG will also be mountable on the LCA Tejas,” say the DRDO sources.
The BrahMos-NG version is being developed as a lighter variant that can be launched through submarines as well one that can be retrofitted on light combat aircraft (LCA) like Tejas whose maximum takeoff weight is 14 tonnes.
Currently, the only aircraft which can carry the BrahMos missile is the Sukhoi SU-30MKI whose maximum takeoff capacity is 40 tonnes. Other aircraft believed to be capable of carrying the missile are the Dassault Rafale and MiG 29K. The BrahMos is a highly advanced, precise and lethal cruise missile. It can be launched from multiple platforms like land, sea and air.
“The BrahMos NG assumes significance as it will be capable of being launched from all platforms like air, water and sea. It will be compatible for launches through ground launch vehicles, destroyers and other naval attack vessels, torpedo tubes in submarines and air launch as well. It will be highly versatile and will prove to be a potent weapon that will bolster our strike capabilities as well as improve export offerings. The current version has failed to draw much attention from the market in terms of export demand. This will be a more desirable variant, we believe,” a source in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) told this newspaper.
The weight of the missile will be slashed from 3000 kg to around 1600 kg. The Brahmos NG will also be 3 metre shorter than the 9-metre long BrahMos. The NG variant will have advanced capabilities including electronic countermeasures and stealth.
“The NG variant is going to have advanced stealth capabilities and will also be capable of beating shake-off capabilities with electronic counter-countermeasures. We wish to build a weapon that is effective, and which draws interest from buyers as well. This venture has created a large ecosystem in the defence manufacturing. Over 200 firms, government run or private, are involved in producing this masterpiece. The in-house development and manufacturing also means that maintenance, spares and others issues are minimised. BrahMos project is very important to Make-in-India mission and that has been communicated to us very clearly. The ministry is willing to sell the BrahMos missiles and is trying to find buyers for it. We have kicked into the next gear on the new generation variant,” the source said.
Earlier the missile was tested on 21st and 22nd May for two consecutive days.That trial was also aimed at validating major subsystems manufactured indigenously under Make-in-India programme. The missile tested was fitted with indigenously developed F1, F2 and F3 sections besides hundreds of varieties of cables and electronic sub-systems.
While the F1 and F2 sections have been produced by the defence arm of Larsen and Toubro (L&T) and F3 by Godrej, other components have been manufactured by a couple of other Indian companies. These components used in the earlier version of the missile were of Russian make.
Launched either in vertical or inclined position, it can attack surface targets from a low altitude of 10 meters covering 360 degree. The missile can utilise a variety of flight trajectories, integrating high and low profile optimising range and detectability.
BrahMos Aerospace Limited is developing BrahMos-II, the second generation of the series which will have hypersonic cruise speed upto Mach 7, besides a miniature version of the missile
BrahMos NG.
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