Change and Continuity

‘The foundation of the joint venture BrahMos is an example of integration and promotion of jointly developed high technology military products in the world market’

—Dr A. Sivathanu Pillai,Chief Controller R&D, DRDO and CEO & Managing-Director

An important reason to form a technological joint venture is to share the processes in order to create new and improved knowledge. The realisation of Brahmos supersonic cruise missile is a shining example of this model. India and Russia jointly established Brahmos to design, develop, produce and market a world class supersonic cruise missile system. Brahmos missile is a world class product using the synergy of technological competence and consortium of industries of both partner countries. The Brahmos missile is the fastest operational cruise missile existing in the world today and can be launched from any type of platform land, sea and air to precisely reach the targets either on land or at sea with high lethal effect.

Sometimes an organisation alone may not have the complete technological skills and resources to design, develop, produce and market the product but if it combines with a complementary partner possessing the requisite skills then it would be possible for the joint venture company so formed to bring the product to the marketplace. The foundation of the joint venture BrahMos is an example of integration and promotion of jointly developed high technology military products in the world market.

In a rapidly transforming world of today, there is a definite need for organisations to work closely with each other to achieve mutual growth. The same applies for nations also because any event happening in a remote corner of the world has far reaching impa