Interview | Director general, DRDO and CEO & managing director, BrahMos Aerospace, Sudhir Kumar Mishra

What all needs to be done including more flight tests before BRAHMOS air version enters service with the IAF? When is it going to be inducted in the IAF?

We have conducted many successful flight tests of BRAHMOS air-launched cruise missile from the Sukhoi-30 fighter platform so far. The first test was carried out on 22 November 2017 against a sea-based target in the Bay of Bengal. The second test was held on 22 May 2019 against a land target in the Car Nicobar Islands region. And most recently on December 17, we carried out the third successful flight test of the weapon in user configuration to revalidate its ship attack capability.

BRAHMOS ALCM has performed spectacularly well in all three flight tests and demonstrated its capability to hit the designated targets with perfect precision after being launched from the Sukhoi-30 in a clear and concise manner. The flight trials have successfully validated all software and hardware-related developments, including integration of the world’s heaviest and fastest cruise missile onto a frontline super-manouverable strike fighter of the air force. With successful completion of all activities, the design and development phase has been completed and due d