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DefExpo to open Wednesday, focus on India's potential as manufacturing hub
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said delegates from 70 countries and 172 foreign military manufacturers will attend the five-day mega exhibition
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Thales to display land, naval, air products in DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow
The French multinational will display the Targeting and Reconnaissance pod Talios, which combines targeting and tactical reconnaissance capabilities in a single pod
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Defence policy changes showing positive results, says PM Modi at DefExpo
The government has also de-notified some items earlier made exclusively by Ordnance Factories, so that private sector, especially the MSME can enter this space
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Defexpo pitches India as an emerging hub for manufacturing defence products
The stage is all set for India's showpiece defence exhibition, DefExpo, to take place from April 11 to 18 at Thiruvidanthai on the East Coast Road (ECR) near Chennai to attract global vendors of military equipment in large numbers. The Ministry of Defence has been emphasising on attracting more Indian players into the defence manufacturing in order to promote self reliability in the sector and this is expected to reflect in the Expo."We want to show case India as emerging hub for manufacturing as the country attained significant milestones in defence manufacturing. We also need to create opportunity for exports from India," said Ajay Kumar, secretary, Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. DefExpo, held once every two years in February, used to be held in New Delhi till 2014 when it was moved by then defence minister Manohar Parrikar to Goa where he promised a permanent venue. Now defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman has taken it to Tamil Nadu.In total 701 ...
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Pakistan, China not invited to participate in Defence Expo: Parrikar
Of the 117 countries invited to exhibit their wares at the exhibition, 44 had confirmed their presence, said Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
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BJP backs Goa govt's decision to hold Defexpo
Defexpo 2016 is scheduled between March 28-31
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