Lucknow, May 9 -- India is set to enhance its defence capabilities with the inauguration of a new BrahMos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow on May 11, 2025.

The facility aims to produce 80 to 100 supersonic cruise missiles annually.This initiative is a collaboration between India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia's NPO Mashinostroyeniya, forming part of the BrahMos Aerospace joint venture.

The Lucknow unit, established at a cost of Rs 300 crore, is a significant component of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018.

The corridor encompasses six nodes: Lucknow, Kanpur, Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, and Chitrakoot.In the first phase, approximately 1,600 ...