Traditionally, the exhibition is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, with the support of the government and the armed forces of the country. The IDEX concludes multi-million dollar contracts for the supply of military equipment and arms upgrades.
Topics of the exhibition include: weapons, electronic protective equipment, ballistic systems, radar systems, telecommunications, optical electronics, ammunition, military equipment, mine systems, defense systems on the ground, in the air and in the air, engineering installations and much more.
Russia has been a constant participant in IDEX exhibitions since 1993. The Russian exposition was organized by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rosoboronexport, and since 2009, the Russian Technologies State Corporation. Military products at the IDEX-2011 exhibition were presented by 33 Russian organizations of the military-industrial complex. Among them: State Corporation "Russian Technologies", FSUE "Rosoboronexport", "GNPP" Basalt "," Scientific Production Enterprise "Pribor", "PO" NPZ "," GNPP "Splav", GUP "KBP", OJSC "Air Defense Concern" Almaz - Antey "," VPK "NPO mashinostroeniya", GUP "Uraltransmash" and "NPK" Uralvagonzavod ". At their stands were presented 50 full-scale samples of new weapons, including a 6S8 sniper complex and PAG-17 optical sight to a 30-mm automatic AGS-30 grenade launcher system.
Rosoboronexport for the first time presented samples of military equipment in 3D format. In particular, the main export samples were demonstrated, including the T-90S tank, the Msta-S self-propelled howitzer, BTR-80A, the TOS-1A Buratino heavy flamethrower system, the Smerch and Grad multiple launch rocket systems ", self-propelled automated artillery system" Vienna ". In the new format, more than 20 models of equipment were presented.
Ukraine presented at the exhibition full-scale samples of modern armored vehicles. In particular, visitors to the exhibition were able to familiarize themselves with full-scale models of the Oplot tank, the T-72B tank with the 5TDFM engine, the BTR-4 armored personnel carrier with the 3TD engine and the Parus combat module, the BMP-1M infantry fighting vehicle with the Shkval combat module, truck KrAZ 5233BE.
In addition, the company’s booth presented mock-ups of anti-tank missile systems Skif, Corsair and Barrier-V, mock-ups of shots with an anti-tank guided missile Combat and Stugna, a mockup of a container launch unmanned aerial vehicle, and radiation monitoring devices Ecotest, pistols and rifles manufactured by KP NPO Fort. In addition, models of the BTR-3E1 armored personnel carrier, the BTR-4 armored personnel carrier, and the MT-LB armored personnel carrier vehicle on a scale of 1:15 were demonstrated.
The leading enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine showed their products, in particular, OAO GPAHK Topaz, OAO NPK Kiev Automation Plant named after G.I. Petrovsky, OAO NPP Aerotechnika-MLT, OAO Holding Company AvtoKrAZ, KP Scientific and Production Complex Iskra, State Enterprise Kyiv Design Bureau Luch, KP Kharkov Engineering Design Bureau named after A. A. Morozov, State Research Institute of Complex Automation, Private Enterprise NPPP Sparing-Vist Center , PE "Sorius".
