Overview

• Defence minister Rajnath Singh and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath launched the first batch from BrahMos Aerospace’s Lucknow integration and testing facility, built for about Rs 380 crore and planned to produce roughly 100 missile systems a year after completing its first batch in five months.
• Singh said every inch of Pakistan is within the missile’s reach and called May’s Operation Sindoor “only a trailer,” framing the system as a pillar of deterrence.
• Coverage reiterates that BrahMos was used during Operation Sindoor to strike targets in Pakistan and Pakistan‑occupied Kashmir.
• Officials highlighted recent export contracts worth about Rs 4,000 crore, including deals linked to the Philippines, as evidence of India’s growing defence‑supplier role.
• Industrial build‑out included dedicating PTC Industries’ titanium and superalloy plant in Lucknow, an MoU with Bharat Dynamics Limited to form a joint venture on propulsion and small aero‑engines, and CEMILAC technical acceptance for PTC castings for the AMCA programme.