Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 8 -- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, urging him to retain the BrahMos Aerospace manufacturing facility in the state capital.
The BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Limited (BATL) has been supporting key missions of premier institutions such as ISRO and DRDO.
In his letter, the Chief Minister expressed concern over reports that the Union Defence Ministry has initiated steps to delink BATL from its parent company, BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL).
He noted that BATL became a key player in India's defence production sector after Kerala High-Tech Industries Limited (KELTEC)-a premier engineering enterprise of the Kerala Government-was handed over t...