Iran's First-Ever Intl. Air Show Opens in Kish
Majlis Speaker Mehdi Karrubi will inaugurate the event, in which some 65 international aviation and air industry enterprises from 12 countries present their latest products and achievements in the field of aviation.
The participating companies will offer their products in such areas as fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter manufacturing, navigational systems, airport facilities, and avionics.
Some 40 Iranian companies are participating the five-day show, with the most notable being the Aerospace Industries Organization. The debut aeronautics event is also expected to be attended by the Army's Chief of Staff, and top brass from the Air Force, and the Air Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
The show aims to present the capabilities of world's research and industrial institutions in the aviation industry, and to provide easy access to the latest international developments and breakthroughs in the field.
Iran's International Air Show will be held in a closed space of over 7,000 square meters, and an outdoors space of 75,000 square meters.