BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 19. The region's largest event - Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition (ADEX) will be held on September 24-26, 2024, Caspian Event Organisers company told Trend.
Next year, the ADEX will mark its fifth anniversary. In parallel with it, the 14th International Exhibition for Internal Security, Safety and Rescue Equipment (Securex Caspian-2022) will be held. Both of the events will be organized at the Baku EXPO Center.
The ADEX exhibition is held on the initiative and with the organizational support of the Ministry of Defense Industry and the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. The organizer of the exhibition is Caspian Event Organizers.
Azerbaijan pays special attention to strengthening the defense capability and ensuring the national security of the country, and the expenditures related to these areas remain the main priority expenditures of the state budget.
In 2022, more than 5 billion manat ($2.9 billion) was allocated from the state budget for defense and national security spending, and in the state budget for 2023, 5.3 billion manat ($3.1 billion) was approved for spending in this direction, which is 200 million manat ($117.6 million) more than last year and 17.1 percent more than in 2021.
The ADEX exhibition creates the conditions for a large-scale demonstration of the power of the military-industrial complexes of Azerbaijan and world companies, constructive communication, the exchange of experience and the establishment of effective ties between domestic and foreign experts in the military-technical field.
During the event, the specialists will be able to get acquainted with the defense complex know-how presented by companies from different countries, as well as witness the purchasing potential of the Azerbaijani law enforcement agencies.
The exhibition is an ideal ground for presentation of products for the navy, aviation and army, as well as Homeland Security products. Moreover, ADEX facilitates the exchange of experience among participants, visitors and experts in the sector, and a chance to upgrade products in accordance with requirements of the region’s defense industry market.
The ADEX 2022 exhibition was attended by 33 military delegations from 33 countries, including 150 official representatives. The exhibition featured 208 companies and 10 national groups, as well as 8,967 professional visitors. The high-ranking guests of the exhibition included the chief of the general staff of Türkiye, the defense minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the defense minister of Belarus, the deputy defense minister of Kazakhstan, the defense minister of Rwanda and other officials.
The ADEX 2024 exhibition is planned to represent aircraft and aviation systems, naval vessels and naval systems, armed combat vehicles, military laboratories, military educational institutions, logistics services, radio-electronic systems, C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance), optic-electronic equipment and systems.
Besides, unmanned vehicles, military uniform clothing and equipment; weapons and ammunition; simulators and training systems; chemical, biological and radiation (CBR) protection as well as military organizations; export promotion companies and others will be also represented at ADEX-2024.
The 14th Securex Caspian exhibition will represent promising equipment models and integrated security systems and weapons for law enforcement agencies, and border, rescue and special services.
It's supported by the Ministry of Defense Industry, the State Security Service, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Border Service of Azerbaijan.
The exhibition is a platform which will helps create favorable conditions for the development of cooperation and an exchange of experience, and solve applied problems to ensure the internal security of the state, society and citizens.
The upcoming Securex Caspian exhibition is planned to represent such areas as forensic means and systems, operative-search equipment, access control systems, information security, security services, rescue means and equipment, security training, video surveillance systems, special clothing and equipment, fire safety equipment, and others.