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The Indian Air Force IAF would get its own version of Brahmos 8212; a supersonic cruise missile 8212; by 2012, A Sivanthu Pillai, chief executive officer and managing director, Brahmos Airspace, said on Wednesday.
Pillai was addressing media persons after inaugurating IWAPS 2008, a two-day international workshop on 8216;Advances in processing of solid propellant rocket motors8217; at High Energy Materials Research Laboratory HEMRL here as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Defence Research 038; Development Organisation DRDO and centenary celebrations of HEMRL.
8220;Trials and tests will be carried out by 2011 and it is expected to be inducted into the IAF by 2012,8221; he said, adding that the Army and Navy already had variants of the missile provided by Brahmos Airspace.
Stressing on the importance of research in nanotechnology, Pillai, who is also chief controller, R 038; D ACE 038; NS at DRDO, said the organisation would lay more emphasis on this domain. 8220;Materials such as nano-aluminium, which will augment weight reduction of equipment, will be increasingly used in various defence applications.
Meanwhile, the DRDO will continue to develop innovative equipment,8221; he said. Around 300 scientists from several countries will participate in the workshop, which will also discuss futuristic development programmes.
