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Security Industry & Economy - Science & Technology ECIL hands over BrahMos system to Army Our Bureau
Hyderabad June 21 The first land-based BrahMos missile Weapon Complex System, developed indigenously under a public-private partnership mode, is being inducted into the Indian Army from on Thursday. The Hyderabad-based, Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL), the prime production agency for the complex system, has developed the Mobile Command Post (MCP) and Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL). The first batch of the system was handed over to the Indian Army by the President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in New Delhi. In the BrahMos (Indo-Russian joint venture) missile project, ECIL and the Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad, have been involved from the conceptual stage in the development of the prototype command, control, communications, computer and information systems (C4I), according to an ECIL release here. Dr A. Sivathanu Pillai, Managing Director of BrahMos Aerospace, has ensured the involvement of public and private sector industries from the initial stages with clearly defined roles and the project has been completed in a short span, the release said.
Static targets
The BrahMos missile has been developed for the Indian Army to hit static targets. The missiles are launched against a designated target with the aid of the C4I system, in which the MCP and MAL are key components. The development demonstrates the capability of ECIL in strategic electronics for sensitive defence needs, said Mr K.S. Rajasekhara Rao, Chairman and Managing Director. The supersonic BrahMos missile, developed with the participation of Indian and Russian industry and research institutes, has undergone several user trials. Even its Naval version is expected to enter the inducting phase soon.
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