Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)

New Delhi: The Defence Ministry has inked more than 180 contracts worth Rs 1,96,000 crore with the Indian industry since 2014 while a few are in the pipeline to be signed in the near...

New Delhi: Senior Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) officer Hari Mohan on December 1 took charge as Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). He replaces Saurabh Kumar who superannuated from the service. A 1982-batch IOFS officer with...

  Riyadh. In a move aimed at boosting Indo-Saudi relations in Defence cooperation, Saudi Arabia has decided to collaborate with India for procurement and manufacture of defence equipment under the newly-formed Joint Committee on Defence...

New Delhi. Continuing the process of dialogue which had started two week ago on August 14, the fourth meeting was held on August 23 with the office bearers of AIDEF, INDWF, BPMS and CDRA...

  New Delhi. In a move aimed at reducing dependence on imports, the government has decided to corporatise ordnance factories as this would boost combat efficiency of the Armed Forces and increase the profitability of...

  New Delhi. With the government increasingly focusing on “Make in India”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh emphasised on the need to progressively reduce dependence on foreign manufacturers and indigenously develop comprehensive capabilities in the defence...

New Delhi. In continuation of the meeting held on August 14, a Committee of senior officials of Ministry of Defence (MoD) led by Additional Secretary, Department of Defence Production alongwith Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board...

  New Delhi. In keeping with the government’s policy of encouraging private participation in the Defence sector and as part of “Make in India” policy, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the procedure for exports...

This is an extension of my article Defence Technology - An Indian Conundrum KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. IT COMES FROM RESEARCH. RESEARCH GENERATES TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY OWNED IS CHEAP. TECHNOLOGY BOUGHT IS COSTLY   From Oxymoronism to a Framework India lacks adequate defense technology. It...

  New Delhi. In a significant move from the past and giving a major boost to the ‘Make in India’ initiative in Defence and Aerospace sector, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the proposal to allow...

  CORVA, Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened a plant for production of 200-series Kalashnikov assault rifles in Corva, Uttar Pradesh. The founders of the Joint Venture (JV) Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited for production of...

THE DRDO began developing Abhay, an Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV), in the late 1990s and the design work was completed by 2001. Abhay is a pre-technology demonstrator to develop and test technologies to be...