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| Company type | Public Sector Undertaking |
|---|---|
| Industry | Defence |
| Founded | 1970; 55 years ago (1970) |
| Headquarters | Bharat Dynamics Limited Corporate Office, Financial District,Nanakramguda, Hyderabad,India |
Area served | India |
Key people | Commodore A Madhavarao (Chairman &MD) |
| Revenue |  ₹3,695 crore (US$440 million) (2025)[1] |
| ₹2,828.81 crore (US$330 million) (2020)[1] | |
| ₹1,793.83 crore (US$210 million) (2020)[1] | |
| Total assets |  ₹5,468.41 crore (US$650 million) (2019)[2] |
| Total equity | ₹2,268.54 crore (US$270 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 |
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) is one ofIndia's manufacturers ofammunitions andmissile systems. It was founded in 1970 inHyderabad,India.[4] BDL has been working in collaboration with theDefence Research and Development Organisation and foreignoriginal equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for manufacturing and supplying various missiles and allied equipment toIndian Armed Forces. The company began by producing a first-generationanti-tank guided missile — the FrenchSS11B1. While fulfilling its basic role as a weapons system manufacturer, BDL has built up in-house research and development capabilities, primarily focusing on design and engineering activities.[5][6] BDL has three manufacturing units, located atKanchanbagh,Hyderabad; Bhanur,Medak district, andVisakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh.
Two new units are planned atIbrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy district, Telangana andAmravati,Maharashtra.
India began to develop indigenous missiles through theIntegrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), which allowed BDL 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 theDefence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in theIntegrated 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-artsurface-to-surface missilePrithvi. BDL has delivered Prithvi to the three services as per requirements. BDL has forayed into the field of underwater weapon systems and air-to-air missiles, and associated equipment, with technology support from the DRDO and other players in this domain.
BDL has been consistently incurring profits and has been nominated as aMini Ratna – Category-I Company by theGovernment 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 theIndian 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 weighttorpedoes,air-to-air missiles, making it a defence equipment manufacturer. BDL has also entered the arena of refurbishment of old 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 thePrithvi missile.[7]
BDL manufactures a range ofmissiles for theIndian Armed Forces some prominent products are listed below:
In 1998, BDL producedAgni-I were inducted into the Indian Armed Forces. BDL also manufactures other missiles and systems for the Indian Armed Forces
Akash (Sanskrit: आकाशĀkāś"Sky") is a medium-rangesurface-to-air missile defence system developed by theDefence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and supported byOrdnance Factories Board andBharat Electronics (BEL) inIndia.[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 theIndian Army and theIndian Air Force.
It can be launched from a Ship, Helicopter, or Submarine and is available in both warshot/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.
The Indian Army ordered 4,100 MILAN-2T missiles from France at a cost of₹592crore (US$122.3 million) on 27 January 2009. The deal was cleared after the2008 Mumbai attacks. By then, BDL had already startedlicensed production of MILAN and Konkurs missiles at an annual rate of 4.5 lakh units.[15][16] On 8 March 2016 and 19 March 2021, additional orders for MILAN-2T missiles from BDL was placed with the latter worth₹1,188 crore (US$160.72 million) for 4,960 missiles.[17][18]
The missiles were first urgently acquired from France
This is a second-generation, semi-automatic, anti-tank, tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided, and aerodynamically controlled missile. It is designed to destroy moving and stationary armoured targets with reactive armour at a range of 75 to 4000 metres.
Salient Features: The Tandem warhead is simple in operation and immune to Electronic Countermeasures. High hit and kill probability, Portable and Para droppable. Hermetically sealed, ensuring long storage life.
Around 15,000 Konkurs-M were ordered in 2008 from Russia for₹1,380 crore (US$317.21 million).[19][20] Another 10,000 Konkurs-M was cleared for US$250 million in 2012.[21] Additional contracts was signed on 8 January 2019[22] and 2 February 2022 for₹7.6 billion (US$107.92 million) and₹3,131.82 crore (US$398.43 million), respectively. The latter was to be executed within 3 years at BDL's Bhanur facility. BDL reportedly produces the 9K111-1M system with a 9M113 anti-tank missile and a 9P135M-1 launcher.[23][24][25] Used onBMP-2Sarath as well as man-portable ground launcher.[23] The systems were upgraded with Tonbo Imaging's cooled,longwave Infrared (LWIR)thermal imagers known asSarisa.[26]
Invar is a weapon fired from the gun barrel of aT-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 explosivereactive armour. Intended to destroy stationary and moving targets with speeds up to 70 km/h.
An order worth₹2,905.70 crore (US$340 million) was placed on 13 November 2025 to equip theT-90 tanks of the Indian Army.[27]
