[1] 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.

[2] OFT is the largest small arms manufacturing company of India and has the most varied range.

[3] It was inaugurated on 3 July 1966 by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi,[4] and production began in 1967.

OFT started its production with 9 mm carbines and now manufactures arms ranging from 5.56 mm rifles to rocket launchers, shell launchers, grenade launchers, aviation armament, naval armament, tank armament, anti-aircraft guns, autocannons, automatic rifles, sniper rifles.

[5] OFT currently manufactures some products under license from the foreign companies that produce them.