New Delhi

India and the Philippines will sign a $375 million deal for the sale of BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles in Manila on Friday, Government officials said.

Top defence brass of the Philippines would be present on the occasion while India would be represented by its Ambassador, they said. These missiles are meant for the Philippines Navy.

Earlier this month, the Philippines accepted Indian BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited's proposal worth $374.9 million to supply Shore-Based Anti-Ship Missile systems for the Philippines Navy

The Philippines government's Department of Defence had also uploaded the contract award notice on its website.

Defence Research Development Organisation and BrahMos Aerospace together have been pushing hard for exports of this missile to friendly foreign countries for the last few months.

The BrahMos export order would be the biggest for the country in this field and is likely to propel India amongst the arms exporter countries as more orders for the missile are expected from other friendly countries too.

India is engaged in advanced stages of negotiations with some other countries too. The missile is also getting more capable due to added range and other modern technologies getting incorporated into it.