DefExpo is finally announced!
Neelam Mathews Dec 23, 2011 After keeping its clients waiting and sweating, the 7th DefExpo will be held in New Delhi from March 29-April 1, 2012. AerospaceDiary learns exhibitors are miffed with the delay in announcement of dates. “Planning has gone for a toss and besides, in the past years, we completed the event in India and moved on to the Singapore Air Show as this helped in reducing costs. This year, our senior people will not attend,” says an OEM. The biennial International Defense Exhibition on Land and Naval Systems is organized by the Department of Defense Production on behalf of the Ministry of Defense. Over the years, there have been constant complaints on the lack of infrastructure and facilities.This is hurting the image of the country given that it always projects itself alongside China, says an official. India ’s large procurement plans attracts exhibitors to the show. An Indoor Shell Scheme in DefExpo is available to foreign exhibitors at $ 709 per square metr...