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{{Short description|Indian Defense Company}}{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Bharat Dynamics Limited
| logo = Bharat Dynamics Logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_caption = ''The force behind peace''
| type = [[Public Sector Undertaking]]
| traded_as = {{Unbulleted list|{{BSE|541143}}|{{NSE|BDL}}}}
| foundation = 1970
| founder =
| location = Bharat Dynamics Limited Corporate Office,<br />
Financial District, [[Nanakramguda]],<br /> [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]] – 500032, [[India]]
| area_served = [[India]]
| key_people = Commodore Siddharth Mishra <br />{{small|([[Chairman]] & [[Managing Director|MD]])}}
| industry = [[Defence industry of India|Defence]]
| revenue = {{increase}}{{INRConvert|3095.20|c}} (2020)<ref name="Financial Results">[https://www.bseindia.com/stock-share-price/bharat-dynamics-ltd/bdl/541143/financials-results/ "Financial Results 31.03.2020 Data from BSE Site"].</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}}{{INRConvert|2828.81|c}} (2020)<ref name="Financial Results"/>
| net_income = {{increase}}{{INRConvert|1793.83|c}} (2020)<ref name="Financial Results"/>
| assets = {{Decrease}}{{INRConvert|5468.41|c}} (2019)<ref name="BalSheet">[https://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/AnnualReport/541143/5411430319.pdf "Balance Sheet 31.03.2019"].</ref>
| equity = {{increase}}{{INRConvert|2268.54|c}} (2019)<ref name="BalSheet"/>
| num_employees = 3,030 (March 2019) <ref name="BalSheet"/>
| owner = [[Government of India]] (74.93%) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Latest Shareholding Pattern - Bharat Dynamics Ltd.|url=https://trendlyne.com/equity/share-holding/80210/BDL/latest/bharat-dynamics-ltd/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=trendlyne.com}}</ref>
| parent = [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], [[Government of India]]
| homepage = {{official URL}}
}}

'''Bharat Dynamics Limited''' ('''BDL''') is one of [[India]]'s manufacturers of [[ammunition]]s and [[missile]] systems. It was founded in 1970 in [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].<ref name="bdl-about">{{cite web |url=http://bdl.ap.nic.in/aboutbdl.htm |title=Bharat Dynamics Limited |publisher=Bdl.ap.nic.in |access-date=22 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230081649/http://bdl.ap.nic.in/aboutbdl.htm |archive-date=30 December 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 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 [[SS.11|SS11B1]]. This product was a culmination of a licence agreement the [[Government of India]] entered into with [[Aerospatiale]]. BDL has three manufacturing units, located at [[Lab quarters|Kanchanbagh]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]; Bhanur, [[Medak district]], [[Telangana]] and [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].

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 DRDO in [[Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme|IGMDP]], BDL was seen as a reliable and trust worthy ally, and resulted in the induction of India's first state-of- the-art Surface-to-Surface Missile ''[[Prithvi (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 [[Public sector undertakings in India|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 [[Indian rupee|₹]]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 missile|Surface to Air Missiles]], [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Air Defence Systems]], Heavy Weight Torpedoes, [[Air-to-air missile|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]].<ref name="hindu-prithvitest">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/10/13/stories/2009101351881500.htm |title=Defence test-fires two Prithvi-2 missiles in quick succession |publisher=The Hindu Business Line |date=13 October 2009 |access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref>

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

*[[Agni (missile)|Agni]]
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 (missile)|Akash]]
'''Akash''' ([[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]: आकाश [[Akash|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]].<ref name="dr">{{Cite web |url=http://www.drdo.org/bnews/jan08/akash_test.htm |title=AKASH AIR DEFENSE WEAPON SYSTEM |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115103532/http://www.drdo.org/bnews/jan08/akash_test.htm |archive-date=15 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ak">[http://www.akashsam.com/akashmissile.htm AkashSAM.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228145415/http://www.akashsam.com/akashmissile.htm |date=28 December 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Journal of Electronic Defense Staff |title= International Electronic Countermeasures Handbook |publisher= Artech House |year= 2004 |isbn=1-58053-898-3|chapter=Guided Threat Systems|page=115}}</ref> The missile system can target aircraft up to 30 km away, at altitudes up to 18,000 m.<ref>[http://www.asiantribune.com/oldsite/show_news.php?id=12250 Asian tribune: Upgraded version of ‘Akash’ test fired; By Hemanta Kumar Rout]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A pre-fragmented warhead could potentially give the missile the capability to destroy both aircraft and warheads from ballistic missiles.<ref>http://news.biharprabha.com/2012/05/india-successfully-tests-medium-range-akash-missile/ India successfully tests medium Range Akash missile</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107010453/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-12-13/india/27973517_1_akash-missile-nuclear-capable-multi-target-missile ] Nuclear-capable Akash missile test fired</ref> It is in operational service with the [[Indian Army]] and the [[Indian Air Force]].

*Advanced Light Weight [[Torpedo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bdl.ap.nic.in/bdlproducts.htm|title=Bharat Dynamics Limited|work=ap.nic.in|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727101159/http://bdl.ap.nic.in/bdlproducts.htm|archive-date=27 July 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
It can be launched from a Ship, a Helicopter, submarine as well and available as both war shot / exercise modes. Homing can be passive / active / mixed modes. Multiple search pattern capability.

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

*[[MILAN]] 2T
This is a second generation, semi-automatic, tube launched, optically tracked missiles with tandem warhead.

*[[Konkurs]] – M
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 Armours at a range of 75 to 4000 metres.

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

*Invar
Invar is 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 high velocity jamming immune missile with tandem warhead designed to defeat explosive [[reactive armour]]. Intended to destroy stationary and moving targets with speeds up to 70 km/hr.

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