New Delhi, May 28 -- State-run manufacturing major BEML Ltd is working on developing light-infantry vehicles for combat, reconnaissance, and patrol as it expects procurement of launch platforms for missiles, including the Brahmos, to rise, said its chairman and managing director, Shantanu Roy, in an interview.

The listed firm, formerly known as Bharat Earth Movers Ltd, is also expecting more orders for high-mobility vehicles to carry heavy equipment and armoured recovery vehicles in the wake of the India-Pakistan conflict.

The public sector undertaking plans to roll out India's first long-distance, semi-high-speed trains (Vande Bharat) in a sleeper coach configuration and bullet trains by December 2026, added Roy.

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