Article Posted on : - Feb 10, 2011

CEO& M D BrahMos Aerospace A Sivathanu Pillai with Indian Air Force chief P V Naik at BrahMos Pavilion in Aero India. Photo BNS

BANGALORE (BNS): Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik visited the BrahMos pavilion at Aero India on Thursday. He was briefed about the BRAHMOS missile system by company CEO, MD Dr. A S Pillai.

The air-launch version of BRAHMOS supersonic missile is slated to be inducted in the IAF by 2012.

The Special advisor to Minister of Defence, South Africa, General M Motau, also visited the BrahMos pavilion at Aero India and praised the Joint Venture.

BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile is a precision strike weapon already inducted by the Indian Army and Navy. It can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft and land.