Indian Ordnance Factories Service
The Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) is a civil service of the Government of India. IOFS officers are Gazetted defence-civilian officers under the Ministry of Defence. They are responsible for the administration of the Indian Ordnance Factories, which provide the indigenous defence production capabilities of India.
Minister of State for Defence of India, M M Pallam Raju, with the Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) probationers at NADP Nagpur
IOFS probationers calling on the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar
Defence Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, with the IOFS probationers at South Block
IOFS probationary officers of the 2008 batch, with the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), consisting of the Indian Ordnance Factories, now known as Directorate of Ordnance, was an organisation, under the Department of Defence Production (DDP) of Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India.
OFB's office at Esplanade, Kolkata
Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System (MCIWS) by OFT
84mm Shoulder-fired Rocket Launcher / Recoilless Gun by OFT
Minister holding a 40 mm Multi Grenade Launcher (MGL) and on the table the 38 mm Multi Shell Launcher both manufactured by OFT