From manufacturing missiles for original equipment manufacturers and working in close collaboration with DRDO, Bharat Dynamics or BDL has gradually moved into R&D and engineering functions to help Indian armed forces acquire a cutting edge for current and future wars.
A miniratna company owned by the government, BDL is poised to enter new avenues of manufacturing covering a wide range of weapon systems across its three manufacturing units. It now has the capacity to manufacture surface-to-air missiles, air defence systems, heavy weight torpedoes, air-to-air missiles, making it a frontline defence equipment manufacturer in India. In this episode of ‘On the Shop Floor’, Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale travels to Hyderabad to speak with the Chairman and Managing Director of BDL, retired Commodore A. Madhavarao.
