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BHEL

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

New Delhi, India

Naval SystemsAir SystemsWeaponsDual-use
Founded 19645000+ employeesSubsystem Manufacturer, Component SupplierSupplies Air Forces, Naval Forces, Homeland Security & Police
Profile last updated: May 20, 2026

About

Founded in 1964, BHEL is a defense subsystem manufacturer based in New Delhi, India working in naval systems, air systems, weapons.

BHEL, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, is India's largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Established in 1964, it designs, engineers, manufactures, tests, commissions and services a wide range of power generation and transmission equipment, with over 180 product offerings across power-thermal, hydro, gas, nuclear, solar PV, transmission, transportation, oil and gas, and newer areas such as battery energy storage and EV chargers. Its defence and aerospace business supplies naval gun mounts and aircraft heat exchangers and equips Indian defence and paramilitary forces. The company operates manufacturing plants, service centres and regional marketing centres across India, has an R&D centre in Hyderabad, and reports references in over 90 countries.

Location

New Delhi, India

Founded

1964

Employees

5000+

Company type

Public company

Legal name

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

Focus areas

power equipmentdefence & aerospacenaval gun mountsaircraft heat exchangersengineeringmanufacturingnucleartransmissionrailway tractionR&D

Languages

ENHI

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Naval SystemsAir SystemsWeapons

Supply-chain role

Subsystem ManufacturerComponent Supplier

What they offer

HardwareComponentsEngineering ServicesMaintenance & Repair

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

Super Rapid Gun Mount Naval Guns

Naval gun mount

Naval gun mounts supplied to provide anti-shipping and anti-air capability and naval gun fire support for land-based operations.

Compact heat exchangers for fighter aircraft

Aircraft heat exchanger

Compact heat exchangers for fighter aircraft, of which BHEL is described as the sole indigenous supplier.

End users

Air ForcesNaval ForcesHomeland Security & Police

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