The Defexpo India-2008 exhibition and conference is due to take place at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi February 16 through 19.
State-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said it would showcase advanced Kalashnikov AK-101, AK-102 (5.56 mm), AK-103 and AK-104 (7.62 mm) assault rifles, the AN-94 Abakan machine-gun, the Bizon-20-1 (9 mm) pistol, the OSV-96 sniper rifle, and night vision devices.
Russia will also demonstrate its maintenance and upgrading capabilities for small and light weapons, presenting its specialist training programs and reliability as a supplier of weapons and components, as well as its after sales service.
"India is the only country in the world that has a program of military-technical cooperation with Russia until 2010, encompassing virtually all spheres of interaction between the countries' defense industries," a spokesman for the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said.
He also said the service regards Russia's participation in the exhibition as an important stage in advancing business cooperation with Russia's foreign partners, primarily in the Asia Pacific region.
The Defexpo India exhibition was conceptualized in 1998 to promote defense exports from India and exhibit the capabilities of Indian defense R&D and production. The exhibition, which began in 1999 with 197 exhibitors, has now grown into one of the most recognized international defense exhibitions in the world.
International seminars, especially the India Defense Industry Summit, held as part of the exhibition have evolved into the biannual International Defense Industry Forum.
