The ArmHiTech 2018 exhibition opened in Yerevan on Thursday to showcase arms supplies of both foreign and domestic production.
Armenia showcases domestic weaponry
The second annual event, which will run until Saturday, March 31, has been attracting crowds of people to the Yerevan Expo exhibition hall (Computer Research and Development Institute, which is hosting the event) since morning.
President Serzh Sargsyan attended the opening ceremony earlier today to deliver a greeting address.The exhibition features domestically manufactured drones, mine detectors and low flying aircrafts.
“The Cornet complex is designed for shooting down tanks, armored equipment and low flying objects. Its distance capacity is 8km. It is resistant to any other [fighting] equipment,” an organizer of the exhibition told Tert.am.
The mine detectors, with a charging capacity of up to 22 hours, can find any object containing iron. “It has considerable advantages. There is no separate electronic bloc; it is in-built. [The object] is incomparably lighter and very easy to assemble,” the organizer added.
The exhibition also has separate pavilions showcasing Russian armament – both hunting rifles and weapons for special use.
ArmHiTech 2018 aims to create an efficient platform of collaboration among the servicemen, scholars and businessmen from the participating countries.