PM Modi Inaugurated Defense Expo 2022 In Gandhinagar

Gujarat's Gandhinagar is organizing DefExpo 2022, India's "biggest ever" defense exhibition, with the goal of boosting the defense industry. The event, with the theme "Path to Pride," is currently in its 12th edition.

The indigenous trainer aircraft HTT-40, designed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited  (HAL), was unveiled at the India Pavilion by the Prime Minister.

The PM noted that this was the first defense expo in the nation where exclusively Indian companies were present and commended India's expanding defence industrial capabilities. There is only made-in-India defense equipment. He said that this event of DefExpo 22 is drawing such a grand picture of New India, whose resolution we have taken in Amrit Kaal. It also has the development of the nation, the power, dreams, resolve and courage of the youth, it also has hope for the world. Today, from international security to global trade, maritime security has emerged as a global priority.

Apart from this, the Prime Minister will launch Mission Schools of Excellence in Adalaj and will lay foundation stones for various projects in Junagadh.

Prime Minister Modi will also inaugurate the Indian Urban Housing Conclave-2022 and will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several important projects in Rajkot. He will dedicate to the nation over 1,100 houses built under the Light House project. The Prime Minister will also inaugurate an exhibition in Rajkot.

The seven new defense companies, which were formed from the former Ordnance Factory Board, are also celebrating their first-anniversary at DefExpo 2022.

These companies will all be taking part in DefExpo for the first time. Nearly twice as many MoUs, agreements for the transfer of technology, and product launches as in the last iteration are expected during the Bandhan ceremony on October 20.