Defence PSUs, OFB join fight against COVID-19The OFB has planned for 280 isolation beds across 10 hospitals spread over six states in the country. Besides, development and production o...
05 Apr, 2020, 08.21 PM IST
OFB designates 285 beds for coronavirus casesThe ministry said in a statement that 40 beds have been earmarked in hospitals at Vehicle Factory at Jabalpur, thirty beds each at Metal an...
25 Mar, 2020, 03.19 PM IST
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...
18 Mar, 2020, 08.24 PM IST
Army stocking up munitions for 40-day warDefence ministry sources say all the different types of ammunition for the Army will be built up to “10(I) levels”, which mean adequate sto...
27 Jan, 2020, 10.42 AM IST
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 ...
07 Dec, 2019, 10.55 AM IST
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 ...
03 Aug, 2019, 03.50 PM IST
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...
14 Jul, 2018, 09.35 PM IST
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...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.53 PM IST
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...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.53 PM IST
Faulty ammunition reason behind M777 gun explosion: ProbeThe field trials of the 155 mm, 39-calibre guns manufactured by BAE systems were being carried out at Pokhran in Rajasthan with an aim to c...
14 Jul, 2018, 02.34 PM IST
Made in India howitzer fails last phase of testsSources said the gun had faced a similar issue in the test fires carried out in May this year.
14 Jul, 2018, 02.27 PM IST
CRPF sends 21000 "less lethal" plastic bullets to Kashmir"Tests have shown that these plastic bullets are less lethal. This will reduce our dependence on pellet guns and other non-lethal weapons u...
14 Jul, 2018, 12.44 PM IST
Dhanush artillery gun clears final test, ready for induction: OfficialBetween June 2-6, fifty rounds of shells each were fired from six Dhanush guns, Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) Senior General Manager SK Singh ...
08 Jun, 2018, 07.26 PM IST
ET Defence Bulletin: Sushma Swaraj hints at ISI hand in missing clerics caseET Defence Bulletin: Sushma Swaraj hinting at ISI's hand in missing clerics case, UAE to import gun shells from India and more in today's d...
18 Mar, 2017, 05.43 PM IST
Solar Industries India to become first company to make key ammunition part in IndiaSolar Industries India (SIIL) is set to get the final government go ahead next month for a new plant to manufacture bi-modular charge syste...
24 Feb, 2016, 02.48 AM IST
Fire at DRDO's Chandipur complex, none hurtA fire broke out in an underground magazine store of the DRDO at Chandipur, about 15 km from here this morning, triggering a string of expl...
29 Apr, 2013, 12.18 PM IST
- Naxals setting up arms factories, developing electronic IEDs
The Naxals, who surprised everyone by using rocket launchers for the first time during the Lok Sabha polls, have already set up about four ...
14 Jun, 2009, 12.56 PM IST