Ordnance Factory Medak

Ordnance Factory Medak

Type	Government
Industry	Defence
Founded	Medak, India (1984)
Headquarters	Kolkata, India
Key people	Bharat Singh, IOFS (General Manager)
Products	Armoured fighting vehicles
Number of employees	~3000
Parent	Ordnance Factories Board
Website	www.ofmedak.gov.in

Ordnance Factory Medak (OFMK) (Hindi: आयुध निर्माणी मेदक), previously called Ordnance Factory Project Medak (OFPM) while in its development stage, is a company that manufactures armoured vehicles and is one of the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories under Ordnance Factories Board of the Ministry of Defence controlled by Government of India. It is spread over an area of 3023 acres and has an employee strength of about 3000 personnel. The company is headed only by an IOFS officer called General Manager (ex officio Additional Secretary to Government of India) who is the Chief Executive Officer responsible for the overall management of the company and is the main judicial authority. OFMK is the only manufacturer of Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICVs) in India.

It was established on 19 July 1984 by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi for the indigenous production of Infantry Combat Vehicles.

Over the decades, the company has diversified its product range, manufacturing surface-to-air missile (SAM) launchers, surface-to-surface missile launchers, armoured ambulances, self-propelled howitzers, armoured cars, unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), armoured light recovery vehicles, NBC recce vehicles, mine protected vehicles, armoured amphibious dozers, armoured radars, naval armaments, etc.

OFMK is the production partner of Vehicle Research & Development Establishment and Combat Vehicle Research and Development Establishment of Defence Research and Development Organisation.

Customers of Ordnance Factory Medak include Indian Armed Forces, Central Armed Police Forces, State Armed Police Forces, Paramilitary Forces of India and Special Forces of India.