This 12th edition of India’s biggest-ever defence exhibition - Def Expo 2022 inaugurated in the Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat. The Def Expo 2022 will showcase the growing prowess of the domestic defence industry. DefExpo 2022 during ‘Amrit Kaal’ reflects India's resolve to be among the leading nations in the defence & aerospace sectors in the next 25 years.
Def Expo 2022;Facts in Brief
This 12th edition of the event has been organised on the theme ‘Path to Pride’.
Organised in the largest-ever total area of over one lakh sqm (previous edition being 76,000 sqm) and with record registration of 1,340 companies,
DefExpo 2022 is set to be the biggest defence exhibition till date. For the first time, the event has been organised in a four-venue format.
The inaugural ceremony and seminars will be held at Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre; Exhibition at Helipad Exhibition Centre; Live demonstrations at Sabarmati River Front and ship visits for public at Porbandar.
The first three days (October 18 to 20) will be business days, while the last two days (October 21 & 22) have been reserved for public.
The expo will have an India Pavilion and ten state pavilions.
At the India Pavilion, the Prime Minister unveiled HTT-40 - the indigenous trainer aircraft designed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The aircraft has state of art contemporary systems and has been designed with pilot-friendly features.
The expo will witness the 2nd India-Africa Defence Dialogue under the theme 'India-Africa: Adopting strategy for synergizing Defence and Security Cooperation'.
The Expo has more than 1300 exhibitors which include the India Defence Industry, some joint ventures associated with Indian Defence Industry, MSMEs and more than 100 startups.
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