Its just my guess , there is no proof to show yet. It could feature a ramjet after all. Given DRDO expertise, and NG spec of wanting to reduce the missile weight to half while keeping the range and payload the same and slight increase in speed, a solid fuel version makes sense, solely as an air launched missile. It can be made dual pulse as well as a cruise vehicle if ramjet is applied. lets see, I am hoping it retains a ramjet made by DRDO and the cruise flight characteristics. Otherwise there is not much difference between a 300 km Rudram 2 and NG.
Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile : News, Updates and Discussions
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India has Brahmos past over a decade and no perfection in scram jet engine technology, or turbine tech. Close GTRE and give the job to some private sector.
Army Brahmos ER , there seems to be some color difference between the pics and the actual one which fly in video, obv difference ? Even the canisters are of different paint. One is probably with some test modules?
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Why to reinvent the wheel? We can purchase that technologies from.Russia ,in present scenario.
They should have already done it by now. Because in actual war there will be shortage of everything and still you have to create these scramjets in an undisclosed location. For that you need the technology NOW.
India delivers first batch of BrahMos to Philippines
India delivered the first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to Philippines on Friday. In January 2022, Philippines concluded a $375-million deal with India for three batteries of shore-based, anti-ship variant of the BrahMos becoming the first export customer for the joint venture missile between India and Russia.
The first batch was delivered onboard transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force which landed in Philippines on Friday afternoon. Specifics of the delivery made were not immediately available. Philippines is acquiring the systems under the Horizon 2 of the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Programme.
The delivery comes amid the showdown between Philippines and China in the South China Sea which has been ongoing for the last few months and will significantly augment the defensive posture of the Philippines armed forces once the systems are operationalised.
During his visit to Philippines in March, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in a meeting with the Secretary of National Defence of Philippines Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. reaffirmed India’s commitment to upholding a rules-based international order and promoting peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region. “During the high-level meeting, Secretary Teodoro welcomed India’s unwavering support for the Philippines’ position on the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea issue,” the Philippines Ministry of the armed forces said in a statement.
In January 2022, then Philippines Defence Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana, who signed the contract, had said, “As the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missiles, the BrahMos missiles will provide deterrence against any attempt to undermine our sovereignty and sovereign rights, especially in the West Philippine Sea.”
The contract includes the delivery of three missile batteries, training for operators and maintainers as well as the necessary Integrated Logistics Support package. The coastal defence regiment of the Philippine Marines will be the primary user of the missile systems.
From January 23 to February 11, 2023, 21 Philippine Navy personnel were trained in the operations and maintenance of the systems in Nagpur and were awarded interim missile badges by Indian Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar after they completed the operator training.
As reported earlier, several countries have expressed interest in acquiring BrahMos systems and discussions are in advanced stages with Indonesia and Thailand among others.
BrahMos is a joint venture between DRDO and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya and the missile derives its name from Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers. The missile is capable of being launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air against surface and sea-based targets and has been long inducted by the Indian armed forces.
The range of the missile was originally capped at 290km as per obligations of the Missile Technology Control Regime. Following India’s entry into the club in June 2016, the range has been extended to 450km and work is on to extend it to 600km and beyond.
Possibly some Shivalik class or maybe Talwar class to get brahmos fitted.
Exclusive: Probe flags 'security breach' at BrahMos HQ, says ex-DRDO DG carried 'confidential' file out
DRDO Vigilance Department reports accessed exclusively by Firstpost show that a former Director General (DG) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is believed to have moved confidential company documents out of the premises of BrahMos Aerospace
So today DRDO announced that bit about the ramjet fuel and everybody is saying its for Brahmos. But Brahmos being Rus proprietary ramjet, it obviously uses the Rus fuel T-6 which we import. CSIR in their compendium mentioned about a feasibility study on indigenising the fuel (as we already have heard about) so I am curious if today's announcement has any link with it ? @Ashwin @Gautam @Rajput Lion @Fatalis
or we will use this specific grade that is announced today on the DRDO made ramjet & its spinoffs , while the Rus ramjet will keep using that & later the indigenised fuel ?
or we will use this specific grade that is announced today on the DRDO made ramjet & its spinoffs , while the Rus ramjet will keep using that & later the indigenised fuel ?
Most likely for non-brahmos applications. Certification of russian stuff will need their help.
Russian ramjet engine may or may not use our indigenous developed fuel but since we're looking to make BrahMos fully indigenous by 2026, so this fuel will definitely be used in BrahMos in due time, IMO.
If we make that T-6 equivalent , we can probably start using it on new block missiles as well as NG (should that use Rus fuel btw) just by certifying via CEMILAC ? I mean theoretically the older block missiles need Rus certification, but can be replaced with our own from future variant/block, say like block IV brahmos and so on with improved indigenous fuel ?
