Aero India exhibition is organized every alternate year. It is one of the major exhibition for aerospace and defence industries with a public air show. It enables industry professional to gain market insights, announce new developments and gain media coverage. Aero India offers a unique platform to international aviation sector to bolster business.

Aero India 2021 is the 13 th edition of Aero India being organised at Bengaluru, Karnataka from 03 – 05 February 2021.

Aero India 2021 provides opportunity to demonstrate products to the potential customer and investors. In Aero India 2021 Exhibitors are likely to showcase their products using latest technologies to the potential customers. This is an important international event likely to be attended by thousands of business visitors and lakh general visitors.

• 403 Exhibitors
• 238 Indian Exhibitors
• 165 Foreign Exhibitors
• 61 Aircrafts Displayed
• 28386 sqm Exhibition spaces
• 44 Foreign Delegations

The 13th edition of the international event, touted as the world’s first-ever hybrid aero and defence show, will see several aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Army, Navy, Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), and the Coast Guard participating in the show.

The three-day event will focus on India’s indigenous defence sector capabilities amid buzz around Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India campaigns.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the biannual programme, which is expected to see 601 exhibitors, including 523 from India and 78 from 14 foreign countries, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the event will display the vast potential of India, and the multifarious opportunities that the country offers in the field of defence and aerospace sector.

The show will see participants in both physical and virtual mode. Purely dedicated to showcasing India’s prowess in defence production, the event will showcase indigenous platforms in the defence sector.

Over 200 MoUs will be signed between different procurement and manufacturing agencies. The show is expected to begin with the inking of a Rs 47,000 crore deal for 83 Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’ for the Indian Air Force (IAF). Even the logo of this year’s Aero India is inspired by the LCA. The tri-colour figure of the Tejas LCA with the Ashok Chakra in the middle is the core concept of Aero India 2021.

For the first time Defence Ministers of Indian Ocean region from 27 countries will participate in person or through virtual mode in a conclave organised on the sidelines to discuss shared threats and cooperation in disaster management. Another first is a conclave of Chief of Air Staff from friendly countries to share ideas on the impact of technical advances on air warfare, Joint Secretary in the Department of Defence Production Anurag Bajpai told reporters in Bengaluru.

Giving details about the India Pavilion in the Aero India Show, Bajpai said that indigenous defence manufacturing capabilities will be showcased in the event. COVID protocol is followed with participants producing RT PCR negative reports made mandatory. The public entry is restricted with only 15,000 persons per day in the exhibition area and 3,000 for the flying display.