The Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Gwabin Musa has led Armed Forces of Nigeria delegates to attend the 16th International Defense Industry Fair as the Turkish Defence Ministry is hosting an international defence industry fair right in Istanbul.
SpyeTV News reports that, the fair is one of the world's leading defence industry events and this year will showcase Turkey's latest defence technology.
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| CDS, General Musa with other Delegates from Armed Forces of Nigeria |
Turkey plans to display dozens of newly developed products, vehicles and weapon systems for use on land and sea or in the air and even in space will be unveiled for the very first time.
Now nearly 1500 foreign and domestic companies will be taking part in this event. The last such fair attracted more than 68,000 participants from 94 countries this year. Even more are expected to attend.
The meetings between international delegations, companies and government representatives will be held in nearly 30 venues provided by Turkish ministries.
• 1,461 companies from 55 countries
• In its 16th year, prominent promotion, marketing, and cooperation event
• Among world’s top 4 defense industry fairs in terms of participating companies
Istanbul's IDEF'23 kicks off, bringing together world defense industry.
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| A high level delegation comprising of Sec Def Lt Gen (R) Hamood uz Zaman Khan, Sec Def Production Lt Gen Humayun Aziz, CGS Lt Gen Muhammed Saeed, DG JS Lt General Ahsan Gulrez and Amb Dr Yousaf Junaid. |
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| President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the participants via video message at the opening of IDEF'23 16th International Defense Industry Fair. |
IDEF’23, 16th International Defence Industry Fair organized on the dates between July 25-28, 2023, hosted by Turkish Ministry of National Defence, supported by the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Defence Industry Agency, under the management and responsibility of the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation and organized by TÜYAP Fairs and Exhibitons Organization Inc. at TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress Center in İstanbul.
IDEF International Defence Industry Fair, which is one of the 4 largest defence industry fairs in the world and where International Defence Industry companies exhibit their products, received a passing grade in 2021 from visitors and exhibitors.