Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL)
AWEIL is a Central defence PSU under the Ministry of Defence, headquartered at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Formed through the corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board, it operates eight production units in artillery, small arms and defence equipment, including Dhanush. Shri Umesh Singh assumed charge as CMD on 1 April 2025.
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How we verify →AWEIL is a Central defence PSU under the Ministry of Defence, headquartered at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Formed through the corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board, it operates eight production units in artillery, small arms and defence equipment, including Dhanush. Shri Umesh Singh assumed charge as CMD on 1 April 2025.
What happened
AWEIL describes itself as a Government of India enterprise under the Ministry of Defence, with eight production units and a training academy working in artillery, small arms and defence equipment.
Its units include Field Gun Factory Kanpur, Ordnance Factory Kanpur, Small Arms Factory Kanpur, Gun and Shell Factory Cossipore, Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur, Ordnance Factory Project Korwa, Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli and Rifle Factory Ishapore; its Academy of Weapons Technology and Management is at Ichapur.
AWEIL lists its headquarters at OFC, Kalpi Road, Kanpur-208009 and Uttar Pradesh GSTIN 09AAVCA6457D1Z8. Its website says Shri Umesh Singh assumed CMD charge on 1 April 2025.
The Downloads repository lists the Annual Report 2024-25 and Form MGT-7 for the year ending 31.03.2025. Financial and employee figures were not extracted, so those fields remain null.
What we could not confirm
FY2024-25 revenue, profit and employee count from Annual Report PDF not extracted in machine-readable form; shareholding percentage (100% President of India) not verified from opened annual return, so financials, employees and shareholding left null.