Reliance Infrastructure to set up an integrated project for manufacturing explosives, ammunition, small arms

Reliance Infrastructure on Tuesday said it will set up the largest integrated project for manufacturing of explosives, ammunition and small arms in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra at an investment over Rs 10,000 crore in the project over the next 10 years.

Reliance Infrastructure through its subsidiaries has exported defence equipment worth more than Rs 1,000 crore over a period of time, it added.

"The company has been allotted 1000 acres of Land in Watad Industrial Area of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra to develop Dhirubhai Ambani Defence City (DADC). DADC will be the largest GREENFIELD project in the Defence Sector in India by any private sector company," the company said in a statement.


Reliance Infrastructure’s wholly owned subsidiaries Jai Armaments Limited and Reliance Defence Limited already have licenses from Govt of India for the manufacturing of Arms and Ammunition.
The proposed Projects envisage potential Joint Ventures with up to six leading Global Defence Companies.

The ammunition range will include small, medium and large calibre and terminally guided munition (TGM). Small Arms portfolio will address the export markets, both Civil and Military applications

Reliance already has joint ventures (JVs) at MIHAN, Nagpur, Maharashtra with two of the leading Global Defence companies - Dassault Aviation and Thales of France. Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) and Thales Reliance Defence Systems (TRDS) export 100% of their production.

The company's scrip ended at Rs 254.25, down 4.99% on the BSE, Tuesday.