ER Sheikh takes over as first Director General of the Directorate of Ordnance
ER Sheikh has taken over as the first Director-General of the Directorate of Ordnance (Coordination and Services) on 30 September 2021, the newly created entity to replace the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). According to the Ministry of Defence, it is the successor organization of the Directorate of Ordnance OFB. The Government of India had dissolved […]
Defense Production Department dedicate 220 years old ordnance factories to nation by making seven companies
Advertisement released by the ‘Department of Defense Production’ under the Ministry of Defense has created a ruckus. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photo is printed on this advertisement. It is written in it that on October 1, seven new defense companies will be dedicated to the nation. C. Sreekumar, general secretary of All India Defense Employees […]
Small Arms Factory (SAF) will now get order for Police & Army Arms Supply
To give a befitting reply to the enemies, the strength of the country’s army will now increase the military weapons to be built in the Small Arms Factory (SAF). The Ordnance Factory Board has indicated that large orders of Joint Venture Protective Carbine (JVPC), Light Machine Gun (LMG) and CQB Carbine are to be received […]
Ordnance Factory Board To Make Anti-Material Sniper Rifle For Indian Army
Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is soon to offer its indigenously made anti-material sniper rifle(AMR) to the Indian Army for preliminaries in the wake of having consolidated changes according to the last’s necessity. The huge type AMR, named ‘Vidwanshak’ is a 100 per cent indigenous weapon by OFB, dispatched during the ‘Atmanirbhar Week’. Sources in the […]
Ordnance Factory Board Recieves Order For US Ammunition Supply
India’s state-run Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has got an order from the US to supply ammunition. The OFB, one of the country’s oldest defence establishments, has received an export order for 5.56X45 mm NATO M193 Ball bullets from the US. “The ammunition will be manufactured at Ordnance Factory Varangaon in Maharashtra and will be supplied […]