Jaipur Defense expo: Unmanned aerial vehicles, electro-optics were center of focus

Hi-tech and state-of-the-art defence equipment were displayed under a day-long defence exhibition at the Jaipur military station here on Friday.

South Western Army commander Lieutenant General Cherish Mathson said that the aim of this expo was to showcase such equipment to users and stakeholders.

"We have tremendous potential within the country to produce state of the art equipment comparable with the best in the world. This first event of its kind is the stepping stone for future events of much bigger magnitude," he said at the expo.

Latest equipment from the fields of radars, simulators, unmanned aerial vehicles, electro-optics, night vision devices and equipment related to security, crowd control, traffic control, communication surveillance, special forces, firefighting, training, medical and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief were displayed in the expo.

A firm from various parts of the country participated in the event.

Units of the South Western Command also displayed its in-house ideas and innovations.

(With inputs from agencies.)