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In a first, India to export Brahmos missiles to the Philippines under $374 million deal

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The Philippines has approved BrahMos Aerospace’s proposal worth $374 million for the sale of shore-based anti-ship missile system to the island nation's Navy.

"I recently signed the Notice of Award for the Philippine Navy shore-based anti-ship missile acquisition project. Negotiated with the Government of India, it includes the delivery of three batteries, training for operators and maintainers as well as the necessary Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) package,” Delfin Lorenzana, Secretary of National Defence of Philippines, said in a Facebook post.

The Philippines government's Department of National Defense also posted a copy of the contract award notice on its website.