- Headquarters
- Bengaluru, India · South & Southeast Asia
- Value chain
- Hardware & devices(Products); also Systems integration
- What that means
- Makes physical products under its own name: computers, robots, vehicles, aircraft, drones, satellites, batteries, solar modules, reactors and medical devices.
- Founded
- 1954
- Staff
- 8,900 (2024)
- Ownership
- State-owned
- Listing
- NSE:BEL on Google Finance
- Website
- bel-india.in
- Relevance
- Low at its strongest, in Acoustic & Undersea Sensing
Bengaluru, IndiaIn 6 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #17 of 50
State firm that manufactures DRDO-NPOL designed sonars (HUMSA-NG hull sonar, USHUS submarine sonar, Nagin towed array) for the Indian Navy.
Relevance: Indian naval sonar manufacturer; national relevance
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #24 of 50
India's main radar producer, making the Ashwini LLTR, Arudhra MPR, Rajendra (Akash) and naval radars, many designed with DRDO's LRDE.
Relevance: India's main radar producer; national relevance
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Manufacture · listed #33 of 50
India's state defence-electronics firm producing software-defined radios and the Army's tactical communication systems.
Relevance: Indian defence radios, mainly domestic
Energy Technologies · Manufacture · listed #35 of 50
India's state defence electronics maker and DRDO's production partner for the Mk-II(A) 30 kW laser DEW and the D4 anti-drone system.
Relevance: Indian production partner for DRDO lasers.
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #35 of 50
Government-controlled BEL is India's main producer of thermal imagers, night-vision devices, EO fire-control systems and image-intensifier-based sights for the armed forces.
Relevance: Indian thermal imager producer; national relevance
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #40 of 50
India's state-controlled defence electronics leader builds a land inertial navigation system around a 32 cm ring-laser gyro and pendulum accelerometers for Indian Army vehicles and artillery.
Relevance: Indian state INS producer; national relevance