MoD silent on Defexpo dates

Contacted over the phone, a DEO official told Business Standard that dates would be intimated "when they are decided"

Keeping the global arms industry on tenterhooks, India's defence ministry has not yet announced dates for Defexpo 2018 — the full name of which is the 10th Land, Naval & Internal Homeland Security Systems Exhibition-2018. This is a major event on the calendar of corporations that sell defence equipment to India's military — the world's largest importer of weaponry.

The world over, organisers of major defence exhibitions announce their dates 4-6 months in advance. With just two months to go for February-end, when previous Defexpos were held, the defence ministry remains silent.

Exhibitors say they are already short of time to plan