Indonesia has also finalised an agreement believed to be worth between $200 million and $300 million.

The report mentioned that the BrahMos project traces its origins to 1997. At the time, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who was then heading the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and serving as the head of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), was overseeing a programme whose five flagship missile systems -- Prithvi, Agni, Akash, Trishul and Nag.

According to The Week report, in 1997, a team of 27 Indian representatives, comprising DRDO scientists, officials from government defence companies and representatives of the private sector, travelled to a military-industrial facility in Reutov, a small township located outside Moscow. The team studied an engine that powered a Russian cruise missile, with Russian authorities willing to share the technology with India.

The report further noted that the BrahMos agreement was fast-tracked after receiving clearance at the highest political level. Within India's establishment, the highly classified programme was referred to simply as the “JV”, representing the joint venture between the DRDO and Russia's state-owned NPO Mashinostroyeniya. Within the DRDO, the project came to be known as PJ-10 as development work began.

According to the report, all four production centres currently have the capability to manufacture at least four missiles every month, while efforts are underway to further expand their production capacity in response to increasing domestic and international demand.

The demand for BrahMos, however, is reportedly growing at an even faster pace. At least a dozen countries across Europe, West Asia, Latin America, and Africa have also expressed interest in acquiring the missile, according to the report.