BDL delivers India’s first indigenous Wire Guided Heavy Weight Torpedo

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Hyderabad: Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a premier Defence Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, has achieved a significant milestone in indigenous defence manufacturing with the delivery of Production-Grade Wire Guided Heavy Weight Torpedo (WGHWT) to NSTL at its Visakhapatnam Unit. Dr RV Hara Prasad, Distinguished Scientist & Director General (NS&M), Commodore A Madhavarao (Retd.), Chairman & Managing Director, BDL, Dr Abraham Varughese, Director NSTL & teams from BDL, NSTL & Indian Navy participated in the event.

BDL, as the Development-cum-Production Partner (DcPP), has successfully partnered with NSTL in the realisation of India’s first indigenous production-grade Wire Guided Heavy Weight Torpedo.

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The torpedo has been realised in both the practice and combat configurations and delivered to NSTL, marking a major achievement in the country’s quest for self-reliance in advanced naval weapon systems under the Government of India’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative.

The advanced technology suite features state-of-the-art homing and propulsion systems, complemented by sophisticated search, attack, and re-attack abilities, towards significantly enhancing the Indian Navy’s operational capabilities.

This achievement underscores the success of collaborative efforts between DRDO (NSTL) and BDL in building a robust indigenous defence ecosystem involving several industrial partners, including MSMEs.