Hon’ble Raksha Mantri lays foundation stone for BDL’s new naval systems manufacturing facility at T. Sirasapalli, AP Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh today laid the foundation stone for Bharat Dynamics Limited’s (BDL) new state-of-the-art Naval Systems Manufacturing Facility at T. Sirasapalli village in Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh.

Visakhapatnam Indian News Times The upcoming facility marks a significant milestone in strengthening India’s indigenous 

defence manufacturing capabilities and advancing the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat in the 

strategic defence sector.

Established in 1970 under the Ministry of Defence, BDL has emerged as one of India’s 

premier defence manufacturing enterprises and a key production partner of DRDO for 

strategic and tactical weapon systems. The Company manufactures advanced missile 

systems such as Akash, Astra and Medium Range Surface to Air Missile, anti-tank guided 

missiles as well as underwater weapon systems, which include heavy weight torpedo 

Varunastra, lightweight torpedo TAL, C-303 decoy, launchers etc

The new manufacturing complex is being established to meet the growing requirements of 

the Indian Navy for advanced underwater weapon systems and naval combat systems. 

Spread across nearly 160 acres, the facility will include advanced manufacturing and 

assembly infrastructure, integration buildings, explosive handling and storage facilities, 

testing infrastructure including acoustic tank facilities, administrative buildings and a 

dedicated green belt.

The project is expected to significantly enhance BDL’s production capacity, enable 

execution of multiple concurrent projects and strengthen collaboration with DRDO 

laboratories and Indian Navy establishments located in the Visakhapatnam region. The 

facility will primarily focus on underwater weapon systems, torpedoes, mines and associated 

naval systems.

The facility is being developed with an estimated investment of around Rs 500 crore and is 

expected to be completed in approximately four years. Besides strengthening national 

security, the project is also expected to provide major impetus to regional economic 

development through generation of about 3000 direct and indirect employment opportunities 

and promotion of local MSMEs and ancillary industrie

                    K.V.SHARMA EDITOR