BrahMos Aerospace proposes facility in Lucknow for next-gen missile project

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow(UP)/ BrahMos Aerospace has proposed to set up a state-of-the-art production facility in Uttar Pradesh for its next generation missile project, the state government said on Tuesday.

The company produces one of the world”s best supersonic cruise missile system BrahMos, it said, adding that the proposed facility in Lucknow will be part of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor.

The facility comes under the aerospace firm”s expansion for the BrahMos Next Generation (BrahMos-NG) Missile project, the state government said in a statement.

The establishment of BrahMos Aerospace will make Uttar Pradesh an aerospace and defence hub of India as it will bring in niche technologies. It will also put Lucknow prominently in the world map as a manufacturing hub for top-notch technologies, the statement said.

The BrahMos team, headed by Director General BrahMos Dr Sudhir K Mishra, met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday and briefed him about the BrahMos weapon system.

Adityanath was also apprised about the joint venture entity”s ambitious and highly promising plans about setting up the major facility for production and supply of various systems and sub-systems for next generation missile systems, the statement said.