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BRAHMOS
Air Launched Weapon System
The highly advanced BRAHMOS air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) with precision attack capability against sea and land targets has been designed and developed by BrahMos Aerospace for the Indian Air Force's frontline air combat platform Sukhoi-30MKI. BRAHMOS ALCM is the heaviest and most powerful weapon to arm the IAF's Su-30 super-manouverable strike fighter. BRAHMOS created history on 22nd Nov 2017 after it was successfully flight-tested first time from the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft against a sea based target in the Bay of Bengal. The missile was 'gravity dropped' from the Su-30 fuselage, and the two-stage missile’s engine fired up and straightway propelled towards the intended target at the sea in Bay of Bengal.
In subsequent successful test firings carried out from the supersonic fighter aircraft in 2019, BRAHMOS ALCM validated its impeccable land attack and anti-ship capability from large, stand-off ranges by day-or-night and in all-weather conditions, thereby giving the IAF an unprecedented reach and capability to carry out modern air combat operations in a decisive manner.
Several key agencies from India and Russia involved in the ambitious BRAHMOS Air Version Programme. The first Su-30MKI fighter aircraft modified for BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile was handed over by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to BrahMos Aerospace during Aero India 2015 at Yelahanka, Bengaluru.
BRAHMOS
Airborne Missile Launcher
BrahMos Aerospace has indigenously designed & developed the airborne launcher for BRAHMOS Air-launched Weapon System. The design and development of BRAHMOS airborne launcher and all its associated sub-systems have been successfully realised for the first time in India.
The launcher was cleared for integration on Su-30MKI fighter platform in 2016. Its successful integration on a modified Sukhoi-30 airframe was validated during maiden demonstration test flight of BRAHMOS air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) system from the aircraft on June 25, 2016. The electrical & mechanical interface between the aircraft avionics and the air-borne launcher as well as its release mechanism were checked and validated during subsequent drop test trials of a dummy weapon from the warplane in 2016 and first half of 2017.
Prior to undertaking the maiden demonstration flight, BAPL along with its industry partners extensively carried out a series of analytical studies and related tests including CFD analysis; analysis of aerodynamic loads; wind tunnel analysis and tests; development of PCD for electrical interface between aircraft avionics, launcher and the missile; software development in addition to vibration and ground trials of the weapon-platform combination.
The dynamic “drop tests” of BRAHMOS-A were carried out for the first time in India using a dummy model of the missile which opened up a new area of learning in the field of Indian aerospace engineering and technology.
On Nov. 22, 2017, creating history, BRAHMOS ALCM underwent its maiden successful test firing from Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft against a sea-surface target in the Bay of Bengal off India’s eastern coast. The advanced air-to-ground missile with precision strike capability has thereafter been successfully tested a number of times to validate its impeccable ship and land-attack capabilities.