Nearly 600 companies from 26 countries are participating in the exhibition that covers an area of 44,000 square metres. Antony said, ‘Aero India-2009′ would showcase India’s emergence as an attractive market and a key outsourcing hub for global aerospace firms. India’s defence expenditure at present is about 2.5 per cent of its (India’s) GDP, in keeping with our security interests. Despite the economic crisis, India will not be cutting down anything in the defence expenditure.
Dassault has the highest market share in the premium business, large cabin jet segment in India, driven by new models with exceptional performance, comfort and fuel economy.
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, will showcase its world-class capabilities in Surveillance, Electronic Warfare, Electro-Optics and Naval Systems
