Pallam Raju to attend Farnborough airshow

Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju Friday left for Britain to attend the Farnborough airshow, one of the biggest in the aviation calendar where the who's who of the aerospace sector will be present and over 1,300 exhibitors and more than 120,000 visitors are expected to attend.
Indian defence public sector undertaking Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is among the 1,393 exhibitors from 40 countries participating in the biennial Farnborough International Airshow that begins Monday.
Raju is leading a three-member Indian delegation, which includes Secretary Defence Production Raj Kumar Singh and Commander-in-Chief Southern Air Command Air Marshal S. Mukerji, to the 47th Farnborough show.
Aviation selling and buying will be at the heart of the show, which in 2008 saw a record-breaking business of $88.7 billion being announced, according to a defence spokesperson here.
16/07/10 IANS/Sify

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Categories: Foreign Jul 2010