Company type | Public Sector Undertaking |
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Industry | Defence |
Founded | 1970 |
Headquarters | Bharat Dynamics Limited Corporate Office, Financial District, Nanakramguda, Hyderabad, India |
Area served | India |
Key people | Commodore A Madhavarao (Chairman & MD) |
Revenue | ₹3,095.20 crore (US$370 million) (2020)[1] |
₹2,828.81 crore (US$340 million) (2020)[1] | |
₹1,793.83 crore (US$210 million) (2020)[1] | |
Total assets | ₹5,468.41 crore (US$660 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 | bdlindia |
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 was established to be a manufacturing base for guided weapon systems and begun with a pool of engineers drawn from Indian Ordnance Factories, DRDO and aerospace industries, it began by producing a first generation anti-tank guided missile - the French SS11B1. 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.
Two new units are planned at Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy district, Telangana and Amravati, Maharashtra.