Nagastra-1
The catalog's linked loitering-munition entry for EEL's UAV and munitions production line.
Sources: Solar Group defence products, Solar Group aboutBuilt by archive
Economic Explosives Limited Weapon Systems
Economic Explosives Limited is the Nagpur-based Solar Group explosives and defence-products company that connects this catalog to industrial explosives, military explosives, ammunition, rockets, warheads, and loitering munitions. Public registry and company sources now also surface the business under its later legal name, Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited.
1 weapon systemsEconomic Explosives Limited is the long-running Solar Group entity behind a broad explosives and defence-product portfolio. Public and registry sources now connect the historic EEL name to Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited, while the company website presents the business as part of Solar Group's industrial and defence manufacturing base in Nagpur.
For this catalog, the builder matters because it links the Nagastra-1 entry to a wider production stack that includes military explosives, bombs and warheads, ammunitions, initiating systems, UAVs, and related defence products. The profile keeps the focus on the builder's production role rather than any conflict-specific claim.
Notable Systems
Builder History
Company incorporated
Registry and rating sources identify Economic Explosives Limited as incorporated in 1995, establishing the legal entity behind the later Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited name.
Sources: ICRA rating reaffirmed, LEI Lookup record
Defence sector entry
Solar Group's company history says the business ventured into the defence sector during 2006-2011, marking the shift from explosives manufacturing into military products.
Sources: Solar Group about
Nagastra-1 delivery milestone
Solar Group's history page says Nagastra-1 was successfully delivered to the Indian Army in the 2024-2025 period, highlighting the company's loitering-munition production line.
Sources: Solar Group about
Successors
Public records increasingly surface the company under Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited, the later legal name tied to the same entity formerly known as Economic Explosives Limited. The profile keeps EEL as the canonical catalog facet and aliases the newer legal name; no rights-clear reusable builder image was verified during this task, so images are omitted.
Builder Sources
- Solar Group homePublisher: Solar Group | Note: Supports Solar Group's current corporate identity, footprint, and industrial/defence manufacturing context for the builder profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Solar Group aboutPublisher: Solar Group | Note: Supports the company's defence-sector history, including the 2006-2011 foray into defence and the 2024-2025 Nagastra-1 delivery milestone. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Solar Group defencePublisher: Solar Group | Note: Supports the builder's defence-product scope, including rockets and missiles, bombs and warheads, ammunition and fuzes, UAVs and CUAS, and related military explosives categories. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Solar Group defence productsPublisher: Solar Group | Note: Supports the detailed defence-product family list, including UAS and drones, ammunitions, military explosives, bombs and warheads, integration of rockets, and initiating systems and pyros. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- ICRA rating reaffirmedPublisher: ICRA | Note: Supports the 1995 incorporation context, the wholly-owned-subsidiary relationship to Solar Industries India Limited, and the company's defence-manufacturing background. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- LEI Lookup recordPublisher: LEI Lookup | Note: Supports the current legal-name mapping to Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited, the other-entity-name listing for Economic Explosives Limited, and the Nagpur headquarters address. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Category
Aircraft & UAVs
Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.
