Rajnath Singh to virtually inaugurate Lucknow's BrahMos production unit today: Report

The BrahMos can be launched from land, sea, or air and uses a 'fire and forget' system- Representative photo

Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow will enter the league of cities producing cruise missiles when the BrahMos production unit complex is inaugurated on Sunday.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the facility while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will join virtually from Delhi.

In addition to the BrahMos unit, the foundation stone for a Defence Testing Infrastructure System (DTIS) will also be laid at the Lucknow node. This system will help in testing and certifying defence products.

Short films will be shown during the inauguration ceremony, highlighting BrahMos Aerospace, Aero Alloy Technology, and the Defence Corridor. DRDO Secretary Dr Sameer V. Kamat will deliver the welcome speech, while Sachin Agarwal, Chairman of PTC Industries, will talk about the company's contribution.

Built at a cost of Rs 300 crore, the BrahMos production unit in Lucknow stands on 80 hectares of land provided free of cost by the Yogi government, stated the ANI report.

Completed in three-and-a-half years, the facility will manufacture the world's fastest supersonic cruise missile -- a joint India-Russia project with a range of 290 to 400 km and a top speed of Mach 2.8.

The BrahMos can be launched from land, sea, or air and uses a "fire and forget" system, making it highly precise and difficult to intercept.

Uttar Pradesh is the second state, after Tamil Nadu, to establish a Defence Industrial Corridor.

Both corridors are key to the 'Make in India' and 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' initiatives, aimed at reducing defence imports, boosting indigenous production, generating employment, and encouraging participation from private firms, MSMEs, and startups.

The six nodes in Uttar Pradesh's corridor--Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi, Aligarh, Agra, and Chitrakoot--are located near major expressways like the Purvanchal Expressway and Ganga Expressway.

This ensures smooth transport and logistics. The corridor is being developed under the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA).

Its strategic location offers excellent logistics for transporting raw materials, finished products, and exports.

This strengthens India's defence self-reliance and supports its role in the global supply chain.