Surface-To-Air Missiles Gain Interest Of Various Nations: DRDO Chairman

DRDO Chairman, Dr. G Satheesh Reddy has stated that the surface-to-air missiles have received the hobby of diverse nations, including that extra structures with export capability is being advanced withinside the country.

“Surface to air missile Akash, Astra missile, anti-tank missiles, radars, torpedoes have received the hobby of diverse nations. Lot extra structures are being advanced which might be superior era in nature and feature export capability,” Reddy advised ANI.

He additionally expressed self belief that withinside the coming years, India will witness a growth withinside the export of indigenously advanced technology and stated, “In the approaching year, we can have lots of exports from India of the technology advanced here.”

Reddy’s announcement comes after India signed a deal really well worth USD 375 million to deliver 290 km strike variety BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to the Philippines.

He additionally stated that it’s miles the primary order for export of the BrahMos missile device and termed it as a “principal development.”

“BrahMos is a massive task of DRDO. This massive task has advanced the supersonic cruise missile ‘BrahMos’. It has been inducted into the Indian Armed Forces,” Reddy stated.

“It is the start and we count on that many extra export orders will come withinside the future,” he added.

Emphasizing that it’s miles in keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient of growing superior technology indigenously, Reddy added, “PM Modi has been putting dreams on growing very superior technology and structures and we need to be exporting loads to the world.

So, there are numerous structures which can be being advanced that have lots of export capability.”