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BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile Attracts Interest

The Indo-Russian BrahMos Mach 3 capa- inaugural day of the show from Praveen progressing smoothly. He said storage fa-
ble supersonic cruise missile is attracting Pathak, Director (Market Promotion & cilities for the missile systems are being
increasing interest in the region. Thailand’s Export) BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited built in the Philippines, with missile deliv-
Minister of Defence Sutin Klungsang re- (BAPL). Speaking with Daily News, Pathak eries slated to commence in December.
ceived a quick briefing on the BrahMos said that work on the company’s maiden The Philippines is the first BrahMos export
weapon system and its capabilities on the export contract with the Philippines was customer, placing an order worth US$ 375
million in January 2022 for the shore-based
version of the weapon system.

“We are receiving an increasing number
of requests from countries that are keen
to know more about the BrahMos missile
system and are confident that the regional
export prospects for this game changing
weapon system are high,” Pathak said. The
Mach 3 capable BrahMos cruise missile is
available for use on air, land and sea and is
emerging as a preferred weapon system for
coastal defences. India has opted for the
BrahMos Next Generation Maritime Mobile
Coastal Batteries (Long range) {NGMMCB
(LR)} to enhance the strike capability of its
coastal defences. The order for the missiles
was placed in March 2023 at an approxi-
mate cost US$205 million. BAPL is slated
to commence delivery of NGMMCBs to the
Indian Navy in 2027.

SEA Eyeing SE Asia Market for Ancilia

High-Performance Trainable Decoy Launcher System

SEA, the UK ship and fleet protection spe- for a South-East Asian Navy’s new Offshore uses modern electronics, mechanical sys-
cialist, is showcasing Ancilia, a high-perfor- Patrol Vessel (OPV) programme to enable tems and software, and requires a minimal
mance trainable decoy launcher system to smaller, non-specialist platforms like OPVs deck footprint in comparison to other decoy
protect surface platforms from increasingly to have advanced ASW capabilities. systems.
advanced missiles and torpedoes, at the
ongoing Defense & Security 2023. Richard Ancilia is a highly modular and flexible mar-
Flitton, Managing Director at SEA, said: itime countermeasures solution delivering The system is capable of rapid movement
“We are proud to be bringing our advanced effective and rapid protection against mod- and offering support for a multitude of
maritime countermeasure technology to ern dynamic threats, such as hypersonic surface and subsurface countermeasure
Thailand and the ASEAN region. With the and ballistic missiles. A step-change in effectors and can counter a wide range of
speed and sophistication of missiles in- decoy launcher technology from traditional threats quickly and effectively. With a de-
creasing and the window a surface platform fixed solutions, Ancilia’s trainable base, coy-agnostic open architecture, Ancilia can
has to respond becoming smaller, navies developed by fellow Cohort Group compa- launch any standard 130mm NATO decoy
require the ability to rapidly and accurate- ny Chess Dynamics, removes the need to among other calibres of effectors. It can be
ly deliver decoys that protect themselves manoeuvre the vessel. Its relatively com- retrofitted onto existing platforms and inte-
against threats such as hypersonic and pact size enables it to be fitted to a wide grated with existing Combat Management
ballistic missiles. We look forward to show- range of maritime platforms. Drawing upon Systems (CMS) as well as third-party
casing this to our ASEAN partners and SEA’s Combat System expertise, Ancilia Electronic Support Systems (ESM).
further developing our strong relationships
with them.”

The launch of Ancilia follows SEA’s grow-
ing footprint in the Southeast Asia and
Indo-Pacific regions that has seen it part-
ner with the Philippine Navy and the New
Zealand Navy as well as prime Australian
contractors. SEA was also recently awarded
a contract to supply its innovative anti-sub-
marine warfare (ASW) system, KraitSense
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