AK 203 order terms finalised, wait for India to make next moveThe ongoing restructuring of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is not expected to have any impact on the joint venture for the production of...
Ordnance Factory Board restructuring may benefit MSMEs engaged in defence sector: PHDCCIThis will certainly bring a lot of ease in doing of business for industry and SMEs, it said adding that micro, small and medium enterprises...
AK 203 contract for Amethi Factory soon: Army Chief Gen MM NaravaneSources said that as per current discussions, the rifles – to be made by a joint venture between Kalashnikov and the Ordnance Factory Board...
Government approves restructuring of Ordnance Factory Board into 7 new corporate entitiesThe decision to corporatise the OFB on the lines of defence public sector undertakings was taken at a meeting of the union cabinet, nearly ...
Rajnath Singh holds high-level meet to explore possibilities to make ordnance factories more robustIn its meeting held in July last year, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), the country's top decision-making body on security-related ...
In a first for private sector, Defence Ministry places order for 10 lakh hand grenadesThese new grenades will be supplied to the army and air force to replace Grenade No 36 – a World War II vintage design – that is currently ...
An accident a week: Faulty OFB ammunition takes a heavy toll on the Indian ArmyData analysed by the army shows that at least 403 accidents have taken place due to faulty ammunition since 2014, most of them suffered by ...
OFB exports its newly developed 52-calibre barrels to BoforsThe OFB chairman said that it has exported two 52-calibre barrels to Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors AB, from which it had imported 155 mm...
Shoddy ammo from ordnance factories hitting military: CAGTOI had reported on May 14 that the Army had sounded alarm over the unacceptably high number of accidents taking place in the field due to ...
In its largest ever export order, OFB to supply 50,000 Bofors shells to UAEAn order worth Rs 315 crore ($45.75 million) contract was recieved last month, adding to an earlier order for 40,000 shells that finalized ...
Slippages in ammo supply another worry for ArmyThe Army is upset with the OFB for huge slippages in supply and development of ammunition, apart from lack of quality control.
Ordnance Factory Board targets Rs 1,000 crore worth of exports in two yearsFor the first time, OFB has conducted a conference for defence attaches with Indian embassies abroad to keep them updated on the products w...
Ordnance Factory Board to supply lethal rifles to armyAccording to Hari Mohan, member (weapons, vehicles and equipment), the Army wants to replace the upgraded 1B15.56 X 45 mm Insas rifles that...
United Arab Emirate guns to fire with Made in India shellsThe ordnance factories' exports will multiply 10 times once the Rs 235 crore order is finalized. "At present, exports are within Rs 20-25 c...
Ordnance Factory Board aims to create self-suffiency in defence productionWe are creating added capacities in the production of T-90 tanks and Pinaka rockets at the various ordnance factories, S K Chowrasia, membe...
OFB looks at replacing ageing INSAS rifles; to get 1.86 lakh 7.62-mm automatic riflesThe Army has sought approximately 8 lakh 7.62x51 mm assault rifles, out of which 72,000 rifles will be immediately purchased through global...
Since 2010, India has exported Rs 2600 crore defence items: Manohar ParrikarIndia has exported defence items worth over Rs 2,600 crore since 2010, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said.