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First trial of BrahMos' aircraft before Dec '07

April 13, 2006 22:34 IST
Source:PTI

The first trial of the aircraft version of BrahMos will be conducted before December 2007, the head of the team developing the indegenously-built supersonic cruise missile said in Chennai Thursday.

"The Indian Air Force has asked us to integrate BrahMos in Sukhoi-30MKI. We have completed the technical feasibility of integrating BrahMos with the Sukhoi-30MKI," Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, CEO and managing director of BrahMos Aerospace, told reporters.

Certain development works to fit the missile in the aircraft has to be done, Pillai said adding, "We are working on this."

He said, "IAF has 140 Sukhois of which a certain number will have BrahMos."

Source: PTI
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