India’s premier defence establishment, Defence Research and Development Organisation, will be producing next generation missile BrahMos in Lucknow node of Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor in the near future.
This was stated by Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of BrahMos Aerospace, Dr. Sudhir Kumar Mishra, after meeting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the latter’s official residence in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Mishra briefed the chief minister about the current activities of the BrahMos project and shared his plan of producing next generation missiles of BrahMos in the Lucknow node of Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor.
Welcoming the DRDO initiative, the chief minister expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and assured Mishra that the state government would provide all other facilities, including the land required for this project in Lucknow.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) and Chief Executive Officer of UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority, Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Information, Sanjay Prasad and District Magistrate of Lucknow Abhishek Prakash were present on the occasion.
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is being designed, developed and produced by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture of DRDO, Government of India and NPOM, Government of Russia. It is currently being used by the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force.
About 200 acres of land would be required for the production of BrahMos next generation missile and about Rs 300 crore will be invested to complete the project. Civil construction work will start within three months after the required land is made available.
Through this project, about 500 engineers and technicians will get direct employment and 5,000 people will get indirect employment. Ancillary units will also be set up to plan the production of the next generation missile which will provide employment to around 10,000 people.
A UP government spokesman said, “With the manufacturing of BrahMos missile in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh will move fast towards becoming the country's aerospace and defence hub. More than 200 industrial units involved in manufacturing of various systems and sub-systems of BrahMos missile will also move towards setting up their production units near the project.”