India 2018

Defence 147
manufactured include arms and ammunition, tanks, armoured vehicles, heavy
vehicles, fighter aircraft and helicopters, warships, submarines, missiles,
ammunition, electronic equipment, earth moving equipment, special alloys
and special purpose steels.
Ordnance Factories
Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is working on a number of R&D projects,to
provide state-of-the-art battlefield equipment and ammunition to the Services.
These include bi-modular charge system for 155mm x 45 calibre ‘Dhanush’
Gun Armament Upgrade of BMP-II etc. OFB along with DRDO is working on
various R&D projects to enhance self-reliance in important arms and
ammunitions required by the Forces, 7.62 x 51mm Assault Rifle, Protective
Carbine, under Barrel Grenade Launcher Ammunition etc. Besides the above,
13 Ordnance Development Centres of OFB are engaged in development of
futuristic requirements of the Forces such as ‘Futuristic Infantry Combat
Vehicle’. ‘Air Defence Gun for Army’, ‘Mounted Gun System’, for which OFB
has associated with IITs and other Institutions of repute for indigenous
development of technologies and products.
Defence Undertakings
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL),
established in 1940, is a premier aeronautical Company of Asia. HAL, a
Navratna DPSU with 20 production Divisions and 11 R&D centers spread across
the country in nine geographical locations. HAL’s expertise encompasses
Design and Development, production, repair, overhaul and upgrade of Aircraft,
Helicopters, Aero-engines, Accessories, Avionics and Systems. HAL is
providing maintenance support to Indian Defence Services for all the fleet
supplied by HAL including fleet such as HS-748, Cheetah / Chetak etc for
which OEMs have discontinued their support. The Company also supports
non-HAL produced Aircraft and engines like Mirage 2000, An-32, Seaking
helicopter modules, Gnome engine, TM-333 2B2 Engine etc. HAL’s
maintenance support to Indian Army and to Coast Guard is 100 per cent of
their fleet and in respect of Indian Air Force and Indian Navy it is 75 per cent
and 61 per cent. HAL has positioned itself as a comprehensive solution provider
to the Indian Defence Services for aviation requirements that include trainer,
fighter, transport aircraft and light helicopters.
Bharat Electronics Limited: Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) a Navaratna PSU,
was established in 1954. BEL has nine manufacturing units across India. The
company has core competency in areas of Defence Communications, Radars
& Missile Systems, Sonars & Fire Control Systems, Electronic Warfare and
Avionics Systems, Network Centric Systems, Electro-Optics, Tank Electronics,
Home Land Security etc. Around 88 per cent of turnover comes from these
business segments. In the non-defence area, BEL manufactures Electronic
Voting Machines (EVMs), Tablet PCs (BEL designed), Doppler Weather Radars,
large variety of components like integrated circuits, hybrid micro circuits,