Brahmos Aerospace, a Russian-Indian joint venture, will begin work on a new Brahmos-2 hypersonic missile this year, Brahmos Aerospace Director Alexander Maksichev has said.
The JV director also said that testing of the airborne Brahmos missiles will begin next year.
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“We expect to be able to start the tests of Brahmos missiles launched from aircraft. Various types of aircraft, including Su-30 MKI fighters, are expected to be armed with these missiles,” he added.
The joint venture is currently developing supersonic cruise missiles based on the Russian NPO Mashinostroyenie 3M55 Yakhont (SS-N-26).
The Brahmos missile has a range of 290km, can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300kg and has a speed of Mach 2.8, according to RIA Novosti.
The Indian Army has already deployed sea and ground-launched versions of the missile following successful tests.
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