New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will showcase indigenously-developed military system at DefExpo 2020, said a press release from the Ministry of Defence on Friday. "The display of these stems and technologies by DRDO will bring alive the spirit of self-reliance and national pride at the forthcoming DefExpo 2020. The 11th edition of the biennial expo will be held at Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow from February 5-9," the official release said.
At the defence expo, DRDO will hold a live demonstration of its Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun MK IA, Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP), Counter Mine Flail, 15m Advanced Composite Modular Bridging System (ACMBS) and modular bridge.
The DRDO will exhibit more than 500 products from all technology clusters in the five-day mega expo in line with the theme of the event "Digital Transformation of Defence." DRDO will showcase over 23 products in the India Pavilion at DefExpo, which has been set up to showcase the combined strength of DRDO, public and private sector in defence manufacturing.
DRDO is the R&D wing of Ministry of Defence, with a vision to empower India with cutting-edge defence technologies and a mission to achieve self-reliance in critical defence technologies and systems, while equipping our armed forces with state-of-the-art weapon systems and equipment in accordance with requirements laid down by the three Services.