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India signs contract to sell Brahmos to Philippines

India’s BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) signed a contract with the Department of National Defence of the Republic of Philippines on Friday for the supply of Shore Based Anti-Ship Missile System to the Philippines, the Ministry of Defence said. The BAPL is a joint venture company of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). “The […]

India’s BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) signed a contract with the Department of National Defence of the Republic of Philippines on Friday for the supply of Shore Based Anti-Ship Missile System to the Philippines, the Ministry of Defence said. The BAPL is a joint venture company of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). “The contract is an important step forward for the Government of India’s policy of promoting responsible defence exports,” the Ministry added.

The Indian team of BrahMos Aerospace in India, led by BrahMos CEO Atul D. Rane, Deputy CEO Sanjeev Joshi, Lt Col R. Negi, and Praveen Pathak, was present at the signing of the deal.

These 290 km strike range BrahMos missiles are meant for the Philippines Navy.

Earlier this month, the Philippines accepted BAPL’s proposal worth USD 374.9 million to supply Shore-Based Anti-Ship Missile systems for the Philippines Navy.

DRDO and BAPL together have been pushing hard for exports of this missile to friendly foreign countries for the last few months.

The BrahMos export order would be the biggest for the country in this field and is likely to propel India amongst arms exporting countries as more orders for the missile are expected from other friendly countries. Negotiations with some other nations are at an advanced stage.

The missile has also become more capable due to added range and other modern technologies being incorporated into it.

Soon after India signed the deal worth USD 375 million to supply 290 km strike range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to the Philippines, the CEO of the missile firm, Atul D. Rane said the contract would open the way for various new export projects for India.

In an exclusive interaction with ANI, Rane said the deal with BrahMos was the first

for India to supply a full major weapon system to a foreign country. “This is the first export deal that India has signed for a full major weapon system and this paves the way for many more to come,” he said.

Rane said the deal was a “very good one” for India and the Philippines as the South East Asian country “chose BrahMos as the first choice for signing the deal which shows that BrahMos is important for them but they obviously have many more things to come.”

Asked about the potential for India after this contract, he said, “this opens the doors for all the defence equipment that is being made in India including BrahMos and other items.”

“DRDO has worked a lot on research and development and industries are also doing a lot of work in that direction. So all of them have now potential to export to not just Philippines but to the different parts of the world,” he added.

Rane said that a lot of countries have shown interest in Brahmos.

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