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JCBL Group

Mohali, Punjab, India

Land Systems & VehiclesArmour & ProtectionAir SystemsUnmanned SystemsDual-use
Founded 1989System Integrator, Subsystem ManufacturerSupplies Land Forces
Profile last updated: July 22, 2026

About

Founded in 1989, JCBL Group is a defense system integrator based in Mohali, India working in land systems & vehicles, armour & protection, air systems +2 more.

JCBL Group is an Indian industrial conglomerate founded in 1989, originally in bus body building, that now operates across mobility solutions, defence and aerospace, rail parts and components, agriculture, insurance, wellness, and automotive retail. Its defence activities sit mainly within Airbornics Defence & Space (ADSL), which designs, manufactures, upgrades and maintains strategic and tactical defence and aerospace equipment, including system integration, defence electronics, heavy fabrication and precision machining, and unmanned systems localisation. JCBL Armouring Solutions manufactures armoured vehicles for government, military and civilian customers. Group companies have also refurbished and overhauled armoured recovery vehicles for the Indian Army and signed a vehicle repair hub MoU at Leh. JCBL Limited builds customised mobility and special application vehicles, including 4x4 ambulances for the Indian Army and vehicles for ISRO and DRDO-related programmes. The group also operates trading, retail and wellness businesses and is headquartered in Mohali, Punjab, with a US presence through Aura Industrial Systems.

Location

Mohali, India

Founded

1989

Focus areas

defencearmouringmobility solutionsaerospacearmoured vehiclesMROrail componentsagricultureinsurancewellness

Languages

ENHI

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Land Systems & VehiclesArmour & ProtectionAir SystemsUnmanned SystemsMRO & Logistics

Supply-chain role

System IntegratorSubsystem ManufacturerContract ManufacturerMRO & Services

What they offer

HardwareManufacturing ServicesMaintenance & RepairEngineering Services

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

Type V Heavy Drop System

Aerial delivery system

Parachute-based heavy cargo drop system developed with DRDO and the Indian Armed Forces, capable of delivering up to 20 tonnes of cargo in inaccessible areas.

JCBL Armouring Solutions armoured vehicles

Armoured vehicle

Armoured cars and vehicles engineered, prototyped and manufactured for government, military and civilian customers.

All-terrain 4x4 ambulance

Military ambulance

All-terrain 4x4 ambulances designed for the Indian Army, capable of operating in high-altitude and desert conditions.

End users

Land Forces

Standards, platforms & customers

Platforms & programmes

WZT-3 ARVVT-72BType V Heavy Drop System

Named customers

Indian ArmyMinistry of DefenceDRDOISROAerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment

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