BEML Limited, the company undertaking the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, is participating at DEFEXPO 2022 show, the 12th biennial edition of defence exhibition being held in Gandhinagar, Gujrat from 18th to 22ndOct 2022. For the current year, the event’s theme is ‘Path to Pride’. The products will be displayed at indoor and outdoor pavilions during the expo. The company will be exhibiting its ‘Sarvatra Bridge System’, an armoured crew- protected vehicle like ‘Medium Bullet Proof Vehicle (MBPV Mk-II)’, ‘Track Width Mine Plough (TWMP-T90)’ and ‘Bulldozer with Hydrostatic Transmission drive technology (BD-50HST) in its outdoor stall.

The company is also exhibiting its range of products like High Mobility Vehicle (HMV) Engine, HMV Transmissions, BMP tank Transmission, T-72 tank Transmission, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), GSLV mockup structure, QRSAM Motor Casing and more in its Indoor Hall.

Apart from this, it is manufacturing ‘Armoured Recovery and Repair Vehicle on Arjun platform’ in association with CVRDE, ‘Mechanical Minefield Marking Equipment – Mk -II’, built on BEML 6×6 an ‘Atmanirbhar’ product in association with R&DE Engineers, ‘Truck Mounted Excavators’, ‘High-capacity engines for DRDO’, ‘Autonomous Ground Vehicles (Tracked &Wheeled)’, ‘Mounted Gun Systems in association with AWEIL’ and ‘Armoured cabin for BEML HMV vehicle with DRDO’ and more.

The company’s main focus at DEFEXPO 2022 is to display its capability, promote defence products, export opportunities for defence equipment in foreign countries, and interact with probable customers to understand their requirements for the supply of customised specific products under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan mission and to explore collaborations with foreign companies. Also, the company will be signing MoUs with major international and domestic players in the defence space during the event. Moreover, it is also an opportunity to network with MSMEs and start-ups for maximising localisation.