Article Posted on : - Dec 07, 2021

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India will host the 12th edition of DEFEXPO 2022 exposition at the Helipad Exhibition Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat from October 18 to 22, 2022.

The biannual international event – India's flagship defence exhibition on Land, Naval & Homeland Security – will be organised by the Defence Exhibition Organisation (DEO), Government of India, Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production.

The five-day event will witness three business days followed by two public days. Live demonstrations showcasing the equipment and skill set of the Armed Forces, DPSUs and Industry will be held on all five days at Sabarmati River Front through active participation and synchronized efforts at all levels.

The mega event will offer a unique platform for the domestic and global defence industrial manufacturers and service providers to showcase their cutting-edge technologies, products, systems and solutions at the exhibition. It will provide myriads of opportunities for the public and private sector small, medium & large enterprises, manufactures, start-ups and the entire spectrum of India's ever-growing aerospace, defence and security industry to explore and forge new partnerships while promoting the country as a world-class defence manufacturing hub.

The event will also provide an ideal platform for conducting defence industrial conferences, seminars and B-2-B meetings among industrial partners and key decision makers.

DefExpo 2022 will be held in a three-venue format across an area of 01+ lakh square metres at Helipad Exhibition Centre; inaugural event and seminars at Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre and Live demo at Sabarmati River Front. The exhibition is being planned with events such as Bandhan for forging of partnerships between companies; seminars and webinars showcasing of start-ups/MSMEs, including cutting-edge technology solutions for future battlefield; Artificial Intelligence in defence; student visits and showcasing Gujarat as an investment destination for aerospace and defence sector, etc.

The previous edition of DefExpo was held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, in 2020 in which over 1,000 domestic and international defence exhibitors and 70 foreign delegations participated.

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