Godrej Aerospace, a unit of Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., recently handed over the first airframe assembly of the Air Launched version of the prestigious BrahMos missile to Defense Research Development Laboratories (DRDL) for qualification of the indigenously manufactured assembly. This continues the company's tradition of contributing toward augmenting India's defense capabilities. In a ceremony marking the occasion, the completion documents were handed over to Dr. Dasharath Ram, Distinguished Scientist & Program Director (BrahMos), DRDL by Jamshyd Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce.

The missile section manufactured by Godrej Aerospace will undergo stringent testing processes set by DRDL. Godrej is poised to deliver the next set of these airframe assemblies by December 2018. They also aim to produce the first indigenous missile booster which up till now was imported. In December 2017, Godrej Aerospace had won an order for 100 sets of airframe assemblies for the Air Launched version, production for which started soon after. Till date they have also supplied over 100 sets of the land version of the missile to BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd.

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