India holds webinar and online defence expo for Chile to boost defence exports

A webinar on the theme of “Indian Defence Industry Global Outreach for Collaborative Partnership: Webinar and Expo” was held between India and Chile on 25 March.

It was organized under the aegis of the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence through the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM).

Raj Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production), Oscar Bustos, Head of the Technological Development and Industry Division, Chilean Ministry of Defence and other senior officials from both sides participated in the webinar.

The Indian delegation highlighted the strong capabilities of the Indian defence industry in various fields and their willingness to collaborate with Chilean defence companies for co-development and co-production in the areas of mutual interest. Furthermore, it was stated that Indian defence industry is keen to participate in the bidding procurement process of Chilean Armed Forces.

Indian companies L&T, Bharat Forge, Goa Shipyard Limited, HAL, Mahindra Defence, MKU, OFB and Tata Advanced Systems made presentations on major defence platforms and products.

From the Chilean side, FAMAE/S2T, ASMAR/SISDEF and ENAER/DTS made company presentations.

The webinar was attended by more than 130 delegates. More than 100 virtual exhibition stalls from Indian companies were set up.

This webinar was a part of the series of webinars which are being organized with friendly foreign countries in order to boost defence exports and achieve defence export target of $5 billion by the year 2025.

(Published from PIB)

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