Following China’s decision not to participate in the Aero India 2009 exhibition in Bengaluru in 2009, India has not invited China for the Defexpo. Officials at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that India had invited China for the Aero India 2009 exhibition in February 2009, but China chose not to participate. Following this, India decided not to extend an invitation this time.
India has also not invited Pakistan for the ‘Defexpo India 2010’, but MoD officials pointed out that India has never invited Pakistan for defence exhibitions. India has never been invited to Pakistan for such exhibitions either.
Israel, Tata firm tie up
Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI) and Nova Integrated Systems, a Tata company, have teamed up to manufacture an electro-optic system and a lightweight navigation system, which has already been installed and integrated on Tata Motors’ new Mine Protected Vehicle by a joint team of the two companies.
The electro-optical system includes up to four different sensors, a day colour camera, a thermal imaging camera, a laser range-finder and a laser pointer.