Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday inaugurated the Defence Equipment Display at Aundh Military Station in Pune.
General Rawat was accompanied by Southern Command General Office Commander-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Lt Gen SK Saini, Dy Chief of Niger Defence Staff General Ibra Boulama Issa and other senior Army officials from African Nations.
Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in collaboration with the Army Design Bureau (ADB) organised the equipment display on March 26 – 27 at Pune, concurrent to Africa – India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX) 2019 which had participation of 17 African Nations.
The equipment display by Indian stakeholders showcased more than 300 indigenous products covering Small Arms and Munitions; Surveillance and Security Management Equipment; Communication Equipment; Body Protection Armour; Light and Heavy Vehicles; Bullet Proof and IED Protected Vehicle; Simulators; IED Detection Equipment; System Engineering; Counter Terrorism related equipment and Prosthetics & Artificial Limbs that could be offered to the African Nations, the FICCI said in a statement.
The display was also visited by the army contingents from Benin, Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe besides senior officials from Southern Command and Army Headquarters.
Major industry players who participated in the Equipment display included DRDO, OFB, BEL, BEML, Bharat Forge, SM Group, MKU Ltd.
Other exhibitors were Altair Technologies, Economic Explosives, Narendra Explosives, GRSE, Midhani, Minerva Special Vehicles, Garware Chemicals, Nucleonix Systems, Entremonde Polycoaters, Rise Legs, Tonbo Imaging, Kotkar Energy Dynamics, Decagon, Vehant Technologies.
