Aero India to have private sponsorship for first time

New Delhi: The sixth Aero India - 2007, the biennial International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition, to be held at Bangalore's Yelahanka Air Force Station from February 7-11 2007, will have 450 exhibitors participating in it.
"The Indian defence industry is going through growth. Earlier, the Aero India show was done just by the defence departments, but now the private industry has been given a bigger role by giving it 40 percent participation in the show. The best commercial and fighter aircraft in the world would participate in the show. By roping in FICCI, we have brought in the Farnborough also through them," said K P Singh, Secretary Defence Production, addressing the media here today.
The event, one of the largest international exhibitions organised in the country is being jointly organised by the department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Farnborough International Limited (FIL), making it 45 percent international participation and domestic private industry participation 40 percent.
20/12/06 ANI/DailyIndia.com, US

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