BrahMos air variant to be tested before 2012 end: Pillai

India will test the air variant of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile before the end of 2012, a top official of BrahMos Aerospace said today.

"We are going to test the missile from air so that it can be inducted into the Indian Air Force. The testing will be done before the end of 2012," Brahmos Aerospace Chief Executive Officer A Sivathanu Pillai told reporters here.

BrahMos has already been inducted into the Army and the Navy after succesful tests.

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