UP to host meeting with top global defence manufacturing companies in March

State had signed MoUs worth Rs 50,000 crore at DefExpo 2020

The Uttar Pradesh government is looking to hard sell its Defence Manufacturing Corridor to the top global firms in the sector amid the defence deals worth $3 billion signed by India and US on Thursday during the US President Donald Trump's maiden visit to the country.

The state has planned to organise a conclave of top global defence and military hardware manufacturers, including Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Boeing, CAE etc, here next month.

In the recent DefExpo 2020, the Yogi Adityanath government had signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) for investment worth Rs 50,000 crore with 23 private companies in the UP Defence