Hyderabad: BDL indigenises some missile components

HYDERABAD: Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) in the city has indigenized a few components and sub-assemblies of Anti-tank Guided Missiles and Underwater Weapons, which were previously being imported.
The indiginization was done on a call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for creation of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”. BDL has been working towards maximizing the indigenous components and sub-assemblies of missiles being manufactured under foreign collaboration and on Friday, a milestone was achieved.
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh issued an ‘Expression of Interest’ for these components and sub-assemblies during a virtual event held at New Delhi in the presence of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Secretary (Defence Production) Raj Kumar, and senior officials from the Ministry of Defence. CMD BDL Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd), directors and senior officials were present at Hyderabad.
“These efforts would not only result in enhancing self-reliance but also result in reduction of foreign exchange out-flow for the nation besides achieving cost-competitiveness for the weapons produced. The indigenization efforts also help in creating a larger supply chain (including MSMEs) for the company for its various projects,” defence officials said.
Dr G. Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO laid the foundation for establishing High Temperature Carbon Composite manufacturing facility (HTCC) at an event held virtually on Friday. The new facility will come up at the Ibrahimpatnam Unit of BDL.