Bharat Dynamics Limited

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Bharat Dynamics Limited
Company type Public Sector Undertaking
Industry Defence
Founded1970;54 years ago (1970)
HeadquartersBharat Dynamics Limited Corporate Office,
Financial District, Nanakramguda,
Hyderabad, India
Area served
 India
Key people
Commodore A Madhavarao
(Chairman & MD)
RevenueIncrease2.svg₹3,095.20 crore (US$390 million) (2020) [1]
Increase2.svg₹2,828.81 crore (US$350 million) (2020) [1]
Increase2.svg₹1,793.83 crore (US$220 million) (2020) [1]
Total assets Decrease2.svg₹5,468.41 crore (US$680 million) (2019) [2]
Total equity Increase2.svg₹2,268.54 crore (US$280 million) (2019) [2]
Owner Government of India (74.93%) [3]
Number of employees
3,030 (March 2019) [2]
Parent Ministry of Defence, Government of India
Website bdl-india.in OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) is one of India's manufacturers of ammunitions and missile systems. It was founded in 1970 in Hyderabad, India. [4] BDL, since its inception, has been working in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for manufacturing and supplying various missiles and allied equipment to the Indian Armed Forces. While fulfilling its basic role as a weapons system manufacturer, BDL has built up in-house R&D capabilities primarily focusing on design and engineering activities. [5] [6] BDL has three manufacturing units, located at Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad; Bhanur, Medak district, and Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

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Two new units are planned at Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy district, Telangana and Amravati, Maharashtra.

History

India began to develop indigenous missiles through the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), which gave BDL an opportunity to be closely involved with the programme wherein it was identified as the prime production agency. This opened up a plethora of opportunities to assimilate advanced manufacturing and programme management technologies and skills. Responding to the concurrent engineering approaches adopted by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), BDL was seen as a reliable and trust worthy partner, and resulted in the induction of India's first state-of-the-art surface-to-surface missile Prithvi . BDL has delivered Prithvi to the three services as per requirements. BDL has forayed into the field of under water weapon systems and air-to-air missiles and associated equipment with technology support from the DRDO and other players in this domain.

Operations

BDL has been consistently incurring profits and has been nominated as a Mini Ratna – Category-I Company by the Government of India. Showing steady progress in its operations over the years, BDL achieved a record sales turnover of ₹1,075  crore in 2012–13. BDL has orders worth over ₹1,800 crore. Keeping pace with the modernisation of the Indian Armed Forces, BDL is poised to enter new avenues of manufacturing covering a wide range of weapon systems such as: surface-to-air missiles, air defence systems, heavy weight torpedoes, air-to-air missiles, making it a defence equipment manufacturer. BDL has also entered into the arena of refurbishment of old missiles.

Products and services

Indigenous Missiles

BDL is the nodal agency for the production of missiles developed by India. The first such missile that entered production of dynamics with BDL was the Prithvi missile. [7]

BDL manufactures a range of missiles for the Indian Armed Forces some prominent products are listed below:

In 1998, BDL produced Agni-I were inducted into the Indian Armed Forces. BDL also manufactures other missiles and systems for the Indian Armed Forces

Akash (Sanskrit: आकाश Ākāś "Sky") is a medium-range surface-to-air missile defence system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and supported by Ordnance Factories Board and Bharat Electronics (BEL) in India. [8] [9] [10] The missile system can target aircraft up to 30 km away, at altitudes up to 18,000 m. [11] A pre-fragmented warhead could potentially give the missile the capability to destroy both aircraft and warheads from ballistic missiles. [12] [13] It is in operational service with the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force.

It can be launched from a Ship, Helicopter, or Submarine and is available as both war shot/exercise modes. Homing can be passive/active/mixed modes. It has multiple search pattern capabilities.

Counter Measures Dispensing System (CMDS) is a chaff and flare dispensing system. CMDS is an airborne defensive system providing self-protection to the aircraft by passive ECM against radar-guided and IR-seeking, air and ground-launched missiles. Protection to the aircraft is achieved by misguiding the missiles by dispensing chaff, and/or flare payloads.

This is a second-generation, semi-automatic, tube-launched, optically tracked missile with a tandem warhead.

This is a second-generation, semi-automatic, antitank, tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided and aero-dynamically controlled missile. It is designed to destroy moving and stationary armoured targets with Explosives Reactive Armour at a range of 75 to 4000 metres.

Salient Features: Can be launched either from BMP-2 or from the ground launcher. Tandem Warhead Simple in operation and immune to Electronic Countermeasures High hit and kill probability Portable and Para droppable. Hermetically sealed ensuring long storage life.

Invar is a weapon fired from the Gun barrel of T-90 Tank. The missile has a semi-automatic control system, tele-orienting in the laser beam. This is a high-velocity jamming immune missile with a tandem warhead designed to defeat explosive reactive armour. Intended to destroy stationary and moving targets with speeds up to 70 km/h.

Related Research Articles

The Strategic Forces Command (SFC), sometimes called Strategic Nuclear Command, forms part of India's Nuclear Command Authority (NCA). It is responsible for the management and administration of the country's tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile. It was created on 4 January 2003 by the Vajpayee Government. Air Marshal Teja Mohan Asthana became its first commander-in-chief.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prithvi (missile)</span> Indian series of short-range missiles

Prithvi is a tactical surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP). It is deployed by India's Strategic Forces Command.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme</span> Indian Ministry of Defence programme

The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) was an Indian Ministry of Defence programme for the research and development of the comprehensive range of missiles. The programme was managed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Ordnance Factories Board in partnership with other Indian government political organisations. The project started in 1982–83 under the leadership of Abdul Kalam who oversaw its ending in 2008 after these strategic missiles were successfully developed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Akash (missile)</span> Indian surface-to-air missile series

Akash is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). Surveillance and Fire control radar, tactical control and command center and missile launcher are developed by Bharat Electronics (BEL), Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division and Larsen & Toubro. The Akash missile system can target aircraft up to 45 km (28 mi) away. It has the capability to neutralise aerial targets like fighter jets, cruise missiles and air-to-surface missiles. It is in operational service with the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force.

Trishul is a low-level quick-reaction short range surface-to-air missile developed in India by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP). It can also be used as an anti-sea skimmer from naval ship against low flying missile, attack helicopter and aircraft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Astra (missile)</span> Indian beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile

Astra is an Indian family of all weather beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation. Different missiles of this family are capable of engaging targets at varying distances of 500 m (0.31 mi) up to 340 km (210 mi). Astra Mk-1 has been integrated with Indian Air Force's Sukhoi Su-30MKI and will be integrated with Dassault Mirage 2000, HAL Tejas and Mikoyan MiG-29 in the future. Limited series production of Astra Mk-1 missiles began in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">9M119 Svir/Refleks</span> Gun-launched anti-tank missile

The 9K120 Svir, 9K119 Refleks, 9K119M Refleks-M are laser beam riding, guided anti-tank missile systems developed in the Soviet Union. Both are designed to be fired from smoothbore 125 mm tank and anti-tank guns. The name Svir comes from the River Svir, while Refleks means reflex.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swathi Weapon Locating Radar</span> Counter-battery radar

The Swathi weapon locating radar is a mobile artillery-locating, phased array radar developed by India. This counter-battery radar is designed to detect and track incoming artillery and rocket fire to determine the point of origin for counter-battery fire.

The Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme is an initiative to develop and deploy a multi-layered ballistic missile defence system to protect India from ballistic missile attacks. It was launched in 2000 after Kargil War by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. Testing was carried out and continuing as of 2006, and the system was expected to be operational four years from then according to the head of the country's missiles development programme, Vijay Kumar Saraswat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nag (missile)</span> Indian air-to-surface missile

The Nag missile, also called "Prospina" for the land-attack version, is an Indian third-generation, all-weather, fire-and-forget, lock-on after launch, anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) with an operational range of 500 m to 20 km depending on variant. It has a single-shot hit probability of 90% and a ten-year, maintenance-free shelf life. The Nag has five variants under development: a land version, for a mast-mounted system; the helicopter-launched Nag (HELINA) also known as Dhruvastra; a "man-portable" version (MPATGM); an air-launched version which will replace the current imaging infra-red (IIR) to millimetric-wave (mmW) active radar homing seeker; and the Nag Missile Carrier (NAMICA) "tank buster", which is a modified BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) produced under license in India by Ordnance Factory Medak (OFMK).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central acquisition radar (3D-CAR)</span>

The central acquisition radar (3D-CAR) is a 3D radar developed by DRDO for use with Akash SAM capable of tracking 150 targets.

The Maitri missile (Friendship) project was a cancelled proposal for a next-generation quick-reaction surface-to-air missile (QRSAM) with a lethal near-hundred per cent kill probability planned for development by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. It is a short-range surface-to-air defense missile system.

India has studied, produced and used various strategic and tactical missile systems since its independence. Decades long projects have realised development of all types of missile systems including ballistic, cruise, anti-ship, air-defence, air-to-air and anti-missile systems. India is one of seven countries in the world with intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and one of four countries with anti-ballistic missile systems. Since 2016, India has been a member of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">QRSAM</span> Indian surface-to-air missile

Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) is a missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bharat Electronics Limited and Bharat Dynamics Limited for the Indian Army, meant for protecting moving armoured columns from aerial attacks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pralay (missile)</span> Indian tactical to short-range ballistic missile

Pralay is a canisterised surface-to-surface, short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) for battlefield use developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India. The missile is an amalgamation of technologies developed for exoatmospheric interceptor missile Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV) from the Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme, and the Prahaar tactical missile. The project to develop Pralay was sanctioned in March 2015 with a budget of ₹332.88 crore.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MPATGM</span> Indian anti-tank missile

The MPATGM or man portable anti-tank guided missile, is an Indian third generation fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) derived from India's Nag ATGM. As of 2022, it is being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in partnership with Indian defence contractor VEM Technologies Private Limited.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Akash-NG</span> Indian surface to air missile series

Akash - New generation abbreviated as Akash-NG is a mid-ranged mobile surface-to-air missile defense system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and Bharat Electronics (BEL).

This article consists of projects of the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

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  2. 1 2 3 "Balance Sheet 31.03.2019".
  3. ↑ "Latest Shareholding Pattern - Bharat Dynamics Ltd". trendlyne.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Bharat Dynamics Limited". Bdl.ap.nic.in. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "BDL at Glance | BHARAT DYNAMICS LIMITED INDIA".
  6. ↑ https://bdl-india.in/sites/default/files/2021-07/Brochure_02_July_2021.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  7. ↑ "Defence test-fires two Prithvi-2 missiles in quick succession". The Hindu Business Line. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  8. ↑ "AKASH AIR DEFENSE WEAPON SYSTEM". Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ AkashSAM.com Archived 28 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Journal of Electronic Defense Staff (2004). "Guided Threat Systems". International Electronic Countermeasures Handbook. Artech House. p. 115. ISBN   1-58053-898-3.
  11. ↑ Asian tribune: Upgraded version of ‘Akash’ test fired; By Hemanta Kumar Rout [ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ http://news.biharprabha.com/2012/05/india-successfully-tests-medium-range-akash-missile/ India successfully tests medium Range Akash missile
  13. ↑ Nuclear-capable Akash missile test fired
  14. ↑ "Bharat Dynamics Limited". ap.nic.in. Archived from the original on 27 July 2009.
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