PUNE: A state-of-the-art manufacturing facility of Artillery Fuzes was inaugurated at the Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), India’s premier defence electronics company, at Pashan road on Friday.  

Lt General Shamsher Singh, Director General Quality Assurance (DGQA), presided over the inaugural function in the presence of MV Gowtama, Chairman and Managing Director, BEL, along with Nataraj Krishnappa, Director (OU), Maj Gen Sanjay Chauhan, controller (ammunition), directors of DRDO labs, representatives from various defence establishments involved in the process of Fuze manufacturing, patrons from the industry and vendors.

BEL Pune has a multi-product manufacturing facility, which ranges from laser-based range finding equipment, power packs for wireless radio sets, infantry combat vehicle-based NBC and recce systems, and X-Ray baggage scanners. Now, it has entered into the field of electronic Artillery Fuzes. 

Dinesh Batra, General Manager, BEL Pune, said, “The Fuze manufacturing facility has a capacity to produce more than 50,000 Electronic Fuzes per month, and can augment this capacity as per the requirement of the Indian Army. BEL Pune also plans to expand this Fuze manufacturing capability in the near future. With this facility going online, BEL is confident in fulfilling all the needs of Electronic Fuzes of our Artillery for today and times to come.”

BEL is India’s premier defence electronics company, dedicated to the manufacturing of state-of-the-art electronic equipment for our defence forces.

The company has 9 manufacturing units spread all over the country, with its corporate office in Bengaluru.